'Vikram' tricks found on moon: hope for contact

Landing was not soft, so troublesome estimates cannot be ruled out for damage to lander: experts

The exact location of the record lander was found on the moon 36 hours after the contact was broken

(PTI) Bengaluru, Ta. September 8, 2019, Sunday

Chandrayaan-1 record lander has been found on the surface of the moon. It may have hit the surface of the moon, without a soft landing, that head of Esro. Siwan said Sunday. The orbiter of Chandrayan-1 has sent a thermal image of Vikram Lander, but has not yet been contacted by Vikram Lander.

However, it may be possible to establish contact with him soon. Siwan added. While the on-board camera of Chandrayaan-2's orbiter has accelerated the thermal image of the Land Rover and the Knowledge Rover inside it, scientists at ISRO are now examining the possibilities of further options.

Will Vikram Lander be able to reconnect? How is the record set? Are the devices fitted on it right? ISRO scientists believe the answers to the questions will be available in the next 3 days whether it has been damaged or not.

The orbiter of Chandrayaan-1 is safe and it is orbiting the moon in its orbit at a height of 2 km. It will be active for the next seven-and-a-half years and will send many high resolution pictures of the Moon's surface. Orbiter cameras have the highest resolution of any lunar mission ever. The orbiter will pass through the same location within the next two days, where contact with the lander was lost. Now the lander's location information has also been found.

Orbiter can take high resolution pictures of the lander as it passes through the location. An analysis of the data sent by the orbiter can lead to a conclusion. In the next 3 days, all questions regarding the status of the landlord will be answered, Isro said earlier.

Lander record of Chandrayaan-1 landed on the surface of the moon after midnight on Friday, 1.5 km above the surface. India's adventurous mission to Vikram Lander's soft landing hit the surface of the moon, losing contact with the distant Isro.

However, the data sent by the orbiter at Lander's landing are being analyzed. At present it is too early to say anything concrete about the record lander. Said Siwan.

Asked if the lander record and Pragyan Rover may have been damaged when it hit the surface of the Moon. Siwan said that we do not have any information on this at present.

But some space experts say the possibility of damage to the record lander after it hit the surface of the Moon cannot be ruled out. The record lander may not have landed on its four legs with the desired velocity and may have damaged the lander. "There is no ambiguity on this," said a senior space scientist.

That Sivan said Saturday that ISRO will try to contact the lander for 7 days. However, after the Chandrayan-2 orbiter found the lander on the surface of the moon, Siwan insisted that efforts to contact Vikram continue. He said that Vikram Lander was 1.5 km above the moon's surface. Until he was away, his soft landing was as planned and normal, but then the situation deteriorated and his contact with Vikram was broken.

A senior ISRO official said time was running out and the chances of establishing contact with the record were getting less and less, but he added that if the sun's rays were reaching the location where the lander made the hard landing, the lander could still generate power. And its batteries will be recharged with solar panels. But those prospects seem unlikely, "the ISRO official said.

According to ISRO, the Chandrayaan-2 mission has been able to fulfill its 5% objective, despite losing contact with Ann Vikram, the mission will continue to contribute to the science of the moon.

Space Sanstha said that with the launch of Chandrayaan-1 precision and mission management, the life of the orbiter has been reduced to about seven years instead of one year.

Meanwhile, Siwan said that after the failed landing of Vikram Lander, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's enthusiastic address to ISRO scientists and the moral support from the entire country has increased the enthusiasm of his scientists and engineers.

Former Chairman of ISRO Kasturirangan also said that ISRO scientists were impressed by PM Modi's motivational, enthusiastic address and positive response from the nation. This has increased the enthusiasm of Siwan and Esro's team.

We didn't expect anything better. Another former head of ISRO, A. S. Kiran Kumar said that considering the complexities of Vikram Lander's soft landing mission, there were thousands of possibilities for soft landing mission. It is a matter of great admiration for the countrymen who have considered the matter and supported ISRO.

How the thermal image works

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After Isor's contact with Lander Vikram broke out late on Friday night, not only Esro was upset with the countrymen. However, on Sunday, the head of ISRO. Siwan said that the orbiter of Chandrayan-1 has detected the location of Vikram Lander on the surface of the moon and sent his thermal image. Chandrayaan-3 is divided into three parts orbiter, lander record and rover wisdom. The orbiter sent a thermal image of the record lander with the help of a thermal camera rotating in orbit of the moon.

Everything has its own temperature, using it the thermal camera creates its own thermal image. The rays from the camera convert this information into an electronic signal. Information received from the camera is processed on a video monitor to create a thermal image and calculate the temperature. One of them comes up against the image, called the thermal image.

Lunar Day is important in communicating the record

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ISRO has found the location of Vikram Lander on the moon with the help of Chandrayaan-2 orbiter. However, he could not be contacted yet. ISRO scientists are constantly trying to establish a record. The next 7 days will be very important for him. In fact, as it is now Lunar Day, there will be a day on the moon for the next 7 days. A Lunar Day is the equivalent of 3 days on Earth, of which two days have passed. The next 7 days will be the night on the moon. That is why scientists will have difficulty contacting Vikram at this time. As a result, the next 4 days will be very important for Isro to contact the record lander.