Written by Amitabh Sinha |Pune |Updated: September 9, 2019 12:43:22 pm
Explained: Chandrayaan-2, in perspective
Vikram’s failure to land may have caused disappointment, but much of the Chandrayaan-2 mission remains on track. A reminder of the tasks of the orbiter, which remains functional, and some ideas on what might have happened to the lander.
India’s first attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon has not been successful. The lander of Chandrayaan-2, called Vikram, did not slow down at the expected rate towards the latter part of its descent, and most likely hit the lunar surface at a speed greater than required for safe landing. The ground control station had lost contact with the lander when it was about 2.1 km above the Moon.
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