ISRO not given up efforts to contact Vikram lander, says K Sivan

Bengaluru The ISRO has not given up efforts to spring Chandrayaan2s lander Vikram lying on the lunar surface back to life after a hardlanding more than three weeks ago senior officials indicated on TuesdayThe Indian Space Research Organisation said on September seven ground stations lost communication with Vikram with rover Praygan tucked inside it minutes before its planned softlanding on the Lunar surfaceSince then the Bengaluruheadquartered space agency had been making all possible efforts to establish link with the lander but had apparently suspended those operations 10 days ago following night fall on the MoonNow its not possible its night time there May be after this probably we will start Its night time at our landing site power may not be there the ISRO Chairman K Sivan told PTI on TuesdayWe will make efforts afterwards during daytime on lunar surface also he said The Chandrayaan2 was a highly complex mission which brought together an orbiter lander and rover to explore the unexplored south pole of the MoonThe mission life of the lander and the rover will be one Lunar day which is equal to fourteen earth days ISRO had said prior to the launchSome space experts believe regaining link with the lander now appears extremely difficult I think finding link after so many days is going to be extremely difficult but there is nothing wrong in trying an ISRO official said on condition of anonymityAlso ReadSurat Youth get body paint tattoos on Article 370 Chandrayaan2 for Garba RaasAsked if the lander can withstand the severe cold conditions on the moon during nighttime the official said Not only cold impact shock is something one has to worry about the lander has come down at a high speed the shock generated can damage many things inside that way its highly doubtful Communication antenna which orientation where its looking that way its extremely difficult to establish contact he saidMeanwhile Sivan said the orbiter is fine The ISRO said on September seven the orbiter has already been placed in its intended orbit around the Moon and shall enrich our understanding of the moons evolution and mapping of the minerals and water molecules in the Polar Regions using its eight scientific instrumentsThe orbiter camera is the highest resolution camera 03 metres in any lunar mission so far and shall provide high resolution images which will be immensely useful to the global scientific community it had saidThe precise launch and mission management has ensured a long life of almost seven years instead of the planned one year the ISRO had said The ISRO had constituted a national level committee consisting of academics and agency experts to analyse the cause of the communication loss with the landerThe committee is seriously working on that and their report will be available soon I dont think it will take more than a month the official saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates