(Live) Chandrayaan-2: India's historic moon mission lost its communication-Mission Failed

[d00od00o]

The lander apparently is the mother of all this mission and the core technology need to validate. Cos Mars or any other planet is out of question if you can't master this first.

For Mars, India will use Vedic technology.

 

[AfrazulMandal]

ISRO should be disbanded.

Wastage of money.

Just pray to monkeys instead. Its free.

 

[d00od00o]

No It's not failed. Partly, I mean the Lander and therefore Rover failed. Rest 90% equipment is inside Orbiter. It will do its work for the next 2 year. The mothership is perfectly intact and healthy. Chandrayan-1 was only for 1 year. This will have many more discovery in its time and we have enough materials in future to troll our best friends....

You are right! The whole point of this mission is to put that lander on the moon, and India did exactly that! India never claimed the lander has to be intact for the mission to be a success.

 

[Novice09]

yeah thats a point you have a good one


look/eliminate poverty from India then takes such step, USA/Russia first eliminated poverty to their countries and focuses education system, development of the their countries, then starts investing on their space program

Have you ever heard about budgeting or balancing...

I would prefer to invest in ALL SECTORS... SIMULTANEOUSLY...

 

[d00od00o]

Have you ever heard about budgeting or balancing...

I would prefer to invest in ALL SECTORS... SIMULTANEOUSLY...

The only things that are happening in all Indian sectors are economic slowdown and corruption.

Still a third world country...isn't it.

Not third world, it's turd world. India is a turd world country.

 

[maximuswarrior]

 

[d00od00o]

India’s Chandrayaan-2 lander likely crashed into the moon’s surface
Neel V. PatelSep 6
India’s attempt to safely land a spacecraft on the surface of the moon likely ended in failure, dashing high hopes for the country to be just the fourth in history to successfully land there.

What happened: The Indian Space Research Organization launched Chandrayaan-2 on July 22; it reached the moon’s orbit on August 20. It spent the last two weeks lowering its orbit in stepwise descents, before a lander (with a rover onboard) separated from the orbiter on Monday.

The lander, named Vikram after the famed Indian astronomer and ISRO founder Vikram Sarabhai, began its descent to the moon on the morning of September 1, local time. Moments before it was expected to touch down on the surface today, communications were lost––a sign that the lander had very likely crashed.

According to final telemetry readings during ISRO's live-stream, Vikram's final vertical velocity seems to have been around 58 meters per second from 330 meters above the surface––quite fast for a lunar landing. ISRO chief K. Sivan later said the lander performed as expected until about 2.1 kilometers (1.3 miles) in altitude. Still, its fate remains unclear.

Last known contact: The lander was attempting to descend to a point on the surface 375 miles (603 km) from the moon’s south pole, which would've made it the southernmost landing in lunar mission history. Scientists think the lunar south pole is home to an enormous cache of water ice, which could one day be mined and harvested to support habitats for lunar colonists or converted into rocket fuel for future spacecraft. Vikram and its six-wheeled rover Pragyan were expected to play a big role in investigating the extent of the ice deposits.

What’s next: ISRO is continuing to analyze the data and confirm the lander's fate, but the news is quite discouraging so far. The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, however, will continue to carry out an array of studies from an altitude of about 62 miles above the lunar surface for at least a year.


India's Vikram Spacecraft Apparently Crash-Lands on Moon
• September 6, 2019

India's Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander has apparently crashed on the lunar surface. The spacecraft, carrying a small rover named Pragyan, began its powered descent to the surface today around 20:08 UTC. Touchdown in the Moon's south polar region was expected to occur 15 minutes later.

Just moments before landing, telemetry screens at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission control center froze, in a scene eerily reminiscent to the crash of Israel's Beresheet lander in April. Those screens reported the spacecraft was traveling at a horizontal speed of about 48 meters per second and a vertical speed of about 60 meters per second, just over 1 kilometer from the landing site. A flight controller said communications with NASA's Deep Space Network in Madrid had stopped. Several minutes later, ISRO chief K. Sivan said that Vikram's descent was nominal until an altitude of 2.1 kilometers, and communications were lost shortly thereafter.


Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2 is an Indian mission to send an orbiter, lander, and rover to the Moon, targeting the Moon's southern hemisphere.

The most probable conclusion is that Vikram crashed on the surface. The apparent end of the lander comes a month and a half after it launched as part of the combined Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft on 22 July. Chandrayaan-2 arrived in lunar orbit on 20 August, and Vikram separated on 2 September. The lander successfully used its engines to descend to an orbit with a perilune, or low point above the lunar surface, of just 35 kilometers.

The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, meanwhile, continues to operate and is expected to perform scientific obervations of the Moon for at least a year. Among its science instruments is an infrared spectrometer that will search for signatures of hydroxyl and water ice near the Moon's south pole.

Had Vikram landed, India would have been just the fourth country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the lunar surface. Earlier this year, that honor almost went to Israel thanks to the country's Beresheet lander, but a software glitch caused the spacecraft's engines to shut down at the last minute. Like Beresheet, Vikram sent data home up until the last minute, which will provide valuable troubleshooting data that can also improve the chances of success for future missions.

 

[Beast]

I agree, this is something all Indian until now refused to admit. They keep harping on the so called 99.999% success.

This mission is all about soft landing. If it failed to hit that mark, it's a failure.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

I agree, this is something all Indian until now refused to admit. They keep harping on the so called 99.999% success.

This mission is all about soft landing. If it failed to hit that mark, it's a failure.

Well, no not all Indians or even most. It failed, but it's nothing to be ashamed of. ISRO, program leader tried their best, that's all one asked. Actually, the pride even with this failure doesn't go away what so ever even in defeat.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

True Passion.....
1969 .....NASA landed human on moon.

Now, that program was sheer human courage. Men have died making that a success.

 

[Beast]

Well, no not all Indians or even most. It failed, but it's nothing to be ashamed of. ISRO, program leader tried their best, that's all one asked. Actually, the pride even with this failure doesn't go away what so ever even in defeat.

Before that your chief Sivan say nothing sort of this. He even brag ISRO can on par with CNSA.... Back to reality.

 

[WarKa DaNG]

Masterplanners of Peshawar BRT are criticising the ISRO.....Lolllzzz

 

[war&peace]

Well, no not all Indians or even most. It failed, but it's nothing to be ashamed of. ISRO, program leader tried their best, that's all one asked. Actually, the pride even with this failure doesn't go away what so ever even in defeat.

Being unable to master 1960's technology is kind of shame... though I'm against wasting of money on such cosmetic projects while 80's of the population lacks toilets...

 

[scorpionx]

ISRO should be disbanded.

Wastage of money.

Just pray to monkeys instead. Its free.

Says who? Do you even care to know how much revenue they generate every year? Or just trolling when smelled the slightest opportunity?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Before that your chief Sivan say nothing sort of this. He even brag ISRO can on par with CNSA.... Back to reality.

I'm happy he was motivated as such, no problem with it. ISRO historically hasnt let failure stop its growth. This personally doesn't blunt their credibility for them.