Report on the Loss of Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan 2 Mission

India attempted its first-ever science lander mission on 22 July 2019 with the launch of GSLV. This mission is considered to be the first-ever landing mission to the Lunar South Pole Region, that unfortunately lost communication prior to landing at 2.1 km above the lunar surface. The communication i...

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Main Authors: M, Malaya Kumar Biswal, Annavarapu, Ramesh Naidu
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Center for Open Science 2021
Subjects:
South Pole
Vikram
South pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/4au2b
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Summary:India attempted its first-ever science lander mission on 22 July 2019 with the launch of GSLV. This mission is considered to be the first-ever landing mission to the Lunar South Pole Region, that unfortunately lost communication prior to landing at 2.1 km above the lunar surface. The communication issue encountered during the rough breaking of landing phase at 20:23 UTC on 6 September 2019. Subsequent attempt to reestablish the communication from the lander remained unsuccessful. To date, ISRO has not revealed the failure cause behind the failure of Chandrayaan 2 lander “Vikram” along with its micro-rover “Pragyaan”. In this paper, we interpreted some possible causes responsible for the loss of lander and its mishap.

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