It had a hard-landing very close to the planned (touch-down) site as per the images sent by the on-board camera. However, the lander in intact, said ISRO.
It had a hard-landing very close to the planned (touch-down) site as per the images sent by the on-board camera. However, the lander in intact, confirms ISRO according to a PTI feed.
Lander Vikram of Chandrayaan 2 mission with hit the lunar surface after communication with the ground-stations was lost during its final descent, just 2.1 km above the lunar surface, in the early hours of Saturday.
"It had a hard-landing very close to the planned (touch-down) site as per the images sent by the on-board camera of the orbiter. The lander is there as a single piece but in a tilted position," an Isro official associated with the mission claimed on Monday, according to PTI.
Officials have indicated that the inverted or titled position of the lander had reduced the possibility of success in re-establishing contact with the lander since the antennas had to be pointed towards the ground station or the orbiter.