India lost communication with its lander just above the surface

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From Ars Technica:

"4:45pm ET Update: According to the Indian Space Agency, ISRO, the lander's descent proceeded normally until an altitude of 2.1km above the Moon. After this time communication was lost with the spacecraft. Data from the descent will be analyzed to further assess what went wrong with the landing attempt."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09 ... n-landing/

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[GCoyote]

Well it is still "rocket science" after all.

[Ozypic]

What a shame, very dissapointing for the work and effort involved. Its time for some new tech. Rockets are just so "yesterday" . Phill

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Here's another article on CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/india/in ... sciencebin

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[smeyer8015]

Seems they found it. It may be in tact but is not yet responding to communications attempts.

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Here's another article from CNN:

"(CNN) - India has located the lander from its Chandrayaan-2 mission to soft land a rover on the moon but has not yet been able to establish communication, India's space agency said."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/asia/ind ... index.html

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[Lady Fraktor]

It would be nice to hear that it actually survived the landing.

[helicon]

I hope they can get the communications working.

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Here is an article describing the report about the mission from India:

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/78289064 ... ft-crashed

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Here's another update article from Space.com:

Found! NASA Spots Crash Site and Debris from India's Lost Moon Lander
"Scientists and amateurs alike have spent months combing through images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter looking for the remains of India's moon lander — and that search has paid off."

https://www.space.com/india-moon-lander ... hotos.html

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[Bigzmey]

Bummer! I wonder if they are going for round two.