Chandrayaan-2: No communication with lander yet, next priority is Gaganyaan, says ISRO chief | Technology News, The Indian Express

Chandrayaan-2: No communication with lander yet, next priority is Gaganyaan, says ISRO chief | Technology News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: September 21, 2019 3:43:02 pm

Chandrayaan-2: No communication with lander yet, next priority is Gaganyaan, says ISRO chief

"Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is doing very well. There are 8 instruments in the orbiter & each instrument is doing exactly what it meant to do. Regarding the lander, we have not been able to establish communication with it," ISRO Chief K Sivan said.

The Vikram lander, which was scheduled to touchdown on the Moon’s surface on September 7, had deviated from its planned flight path when it was just 2.1 km above the Moon. (PTI)

Two weeks after Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander lost communication with ground stations during its final descent, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan Saturday said the orbiter is doing very well but the agency has not been able to establish contact with the Vikram lander.