Chandrayaan 2 orbiter ‘sights’ Vikram lander on moon

The lander was spotted some distance away — possibly about half a kilometre — from its intended touchdown point, reports said.

The report stated that the lander was seen at some distance - about half a kilometer away.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has retrieved the images and located Lander Vikram on the moon on 8 September and is analyzing them for a clear picture of the lander's position, it has been revealed.
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On September 7 at 1.45 pm, 12 minutes into its descent on the lunar surface, the lander lost contact with the Earth. It is believed that it had strayed from its path, fallen, and probably crashed on the moon.

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The images are among the initial images sent later in the day by the main Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft, which orbits the Moon from pole to pole over a distance of 100 km. The report stated that the lander was seen at some distance - about half a kilometer away.
The region originally chosen was about 70 ° south of the lunar equator and about 600 km from the lunar south pole.

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Chandrayaan 2 On 8 September 2019, news reports showed ISRO Chairman K.K. Sivan was quoted as saying that the agency was trying to restore contact with the lander.

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Neither Dr. Neither Sivan nor authorized ISRO officials responded to phone calls or messages confirming the handover of the lander.

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News agency ANI, however, said Dr. "We have got the location of Lander Vikram on the lunar surface," Sivan was quoted as saying. The orbiter has clicked his image. We are trying to reestablish contact with it. It would be premature to say anything at this stage.

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The orbiter is fitted with a high resolution camera, a fine orbiter of 30-cm resolution. The Terrain Mapping Camera-2 is another imager placed between the eight payloads of the orbiter.
Hours after the accident
Informal but knowledgeable circles looking at images of the lander on the moon said that the images were cut hours after the landing.

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Meanwhile, experts said time was running out and the possibility of reestablishing communication with the missing lander seems "less and less probable".
A senior official associated with the mission said, "Progressively ... with the passage of time ... it is difficult (to establish links)." However, with the "right orientation" it can still generate electricity and recharge the batteries with solar panels, "he said. The official said on condition of anonymity," But it is less and less probable, Looks progressively. "

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Another top ISRO official said that Vikram's "hard-landing" made the task of reviving the link more difficult as it could not have "correct orientation" and landed on its four legs.
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