Bangalore: The Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module has been located on the lunar surface and it must have been a hard-landing, ISRO chairman K Sivan said Sunday. “Yes, we have located the lander on the lunar surface. It must have been a hard-landing,” Sivan told this agency.
Asked if the lander Vikram was ‘damaged’ during the ‘hard-landing’, K Sivan said, “That we do not know.” Sivan said efforts to establish contact with the lander were continuing.
India’s mission to soft-land on moon suffered a setback during the wee hours Saturday, with Chandrayaan-2’s ‘Vikram’ module losing communication with ground stations, just 2.1 km from the lunar surface during its final descent.
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PTI