Tag: Lander Vikram

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Chandrayaan-2: Next major step on Sep 2

Chennai: As Chandrayaan-2 entered the lunar orbit on Tuesday, the scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) heaved a sigh of relief and prepared for the next major step in the moon mission — separation of the lander from the orbiter on September 2. “Now the Chandrayaan-2 is going around Moon with an inclination of […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Vikram, Orbiter extend good wishes to each other

New Delhi: Ahead of the landing Chandrayaan 2 near the moon’s south pole at 1:43 a.m. on Saturday, the Indian space agency has posted a message on Twitter featuring the spacecraft Lunar Orbiter extending good wishes to the Lander Vikram. Chandrayaan 2, which was launched on July 22, will attempt a lunar surface touchdown on […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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As Lunar Night Falls, Hopes Of Waking Up Chandrayaan-2's Lander Is All But Over

Bengaluru: Hopes of re-establishing contact with India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-2’s lander seems to be all but over with its 14-day mission life set to end and the Lunar night falling early Saturday. Lander Vikram, with rover Pragyan housed inside it, lost communication with the ground station on September 7 during its final descent, just 2. […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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ISRO needs to find Vikram's fate on moon: US expert

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has to find the fate of its Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram on the moon and if “it would be able to talk again”, a US space expert said on Friday. “It is for the ISRO scientists to find out if Vikram will be able to talk to them or […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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ISRO To Launch Chandrayaan-3 In 2020

New Delhi: India will launch Chandrayaan-3 in 2020, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday, asserting that the mission cost will be less than Chandrayaan-2. Singh, who is the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, said it is wrong to term Chandrayaan-2 as a disappointment since it was India’s maiden attempt to land […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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