Chandrayaan-2: Orbiter performing experiments with satisfaction, says ISRO | Technology News, The Indian Express

Chandrayaan-2: Orbiter performing experiments with satisfaction, says ISRO | Technology News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: September 19, 2019 6:58:28 pm

Chandrayaan-2: Orbiter performing experiments with satisfaction, says ISRO

In a cryptic message posted on its Twitter handle exactly 10 days after losing contact with the lander, ISRO thanked everyone for standing with it.

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. (Image source: PTI)

Days after Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander lost communication with ground stations during its final descent, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Thursday tweeted that experts at the Bengaluru headquarters along with the National Committee of Academicians are analysing the cause of the communication loss.