The Indian Space Research Organisation have revealed that the Chandrayaan-2 mission room lost contact with the lunar lander much closer to the moon’s surface than previously thought.
It has now been revealed that the Vikram lander was likely 400 metres above the moon’s surface when contact was lost, not 2.1km as was initially reported.
Subsequently, the ISRO have been given a major boost in their hopes of re-establishing contact with the lander and carrying out the mission.
After losing contact with the lander in the early hours of Saturday morning, moments before it was due to soft land, it was later confirmed that the mission’s orbiter had located the lander fully intact on the moon’s surface.
It’s now a race against time for ISRO officials, who have an estimated 10-day period to regain contact with the lander and rover which had an projected mission life span of 14 days.
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