ISRO locates Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2 on Moon, efforts on to establish connection

September 8: In what appears to be an excellent news for all Indians, ISRO Chief K Sivan announced that the exact location of Chandrayaan-2s Vikram lander has been found out. K Sivan said, “We’ve found the location of Vikram Lander on lunar surface and orbiter has clicked a thermal image of Lander. But there is no communication yet. We are trying to have contact. It will be communicated soon.”

ISRO Chairman further said, “It must have been a hard landing. We don’t know if Vikram module was damaged during the hard landing on the lunar surface.” Vikram lander had lost control with ground station 2.1 km from Moon’s surface on 7 September.

After ISRO’s Mission Control Centre lost communication with the lander, there was a feeling of disappointment among the scientists. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many other noted persons, however, stood by ISRO and congratulated the organisation for the arduous effort.

ISRO’s Mission Control Centre earler said that Vikram lander’s descent was as planned and normal up to the altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently, communication from the lander to the ground stations was lost. The nation was waiting to hear such a piece of good news from ISRO about the whereabouts of the lunar lander.