Not losing trust, the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) kept on attempting full scale endeavors to set up connection with Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' lander, presently lying on the lunar surface after a hard-landing.
Vikram, with meanderer 'Pragyan' housed inside it, hit the lunar surface after correspondence with the ground-stations was lost during its last drop, simply 2.1 km over the lunar surface, in the early long stretches of Saturday.
"It had a hard-landing near the arranged (contact down) site according to the pictures sent by the on-board camera of the orbiter. The lander is there as a solitary piece, not broken into pieces. It's in a tilted position," an Isro authority related with the mission asserted on Monday.
"We are endeavoring hard and fast endeavors to see whether correspondence can be restored with the lander," the authority said.
"An Isro group is the at work at ISROTelemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) here."
Chandrayaan-2 includes an orbiter, lander (Vikram) and meanderer (Pragyan).
The mission life of the lander and meanderer is one Lunar day, which is equivalent to 14 earth days.
Isro executive K Sivan had said on Saturday that the space organization would attempt to reestablish connect with the lander for 14 days, and emphasized the purpose on Sunday after the orbiter's camera spotted it on the Lunar surface.
An Isro authority stated: "Except if and until everything is flawless (lander), it's troublesome (to restore contact). Odds are less. Just in the event that it had delicate landing, and on the off chance that all frameworks worked, at that point no one but correspondence can be reestablished. Things are depressing starting at now."
"I will rate it (reestablishing join) as great," another senior authority of the space organization stated, raising expectation that lander springing to life again isn't precluded.
"Be that as it may, there are constraints. We have understanding of recouping rocket (which had lost contact) in geostationary circle. Yet, here (on account of Vikram), that sort of operational adaptability isn't there. As of now it's lying on the outside of the Moon, and we can't reorient it. Crucial thing is reception apparatuses should pointed towards the ground station or the orbiter. Such activity is incredibly troublesome. Simultaneously, odds are great and we should keep our fingers crossed," the authority said.
The authority said the lander producing force isn't an issue, as it has "sunlight based boards surrounding it" and it additionally has "inside batteries" which "are not utilized much."
Vikram conveyed three payloads Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive Ionosphere and Atmosphere (RAMBHA), Chandra's Surface Thermo-physical Experiment (ChaSTE) and Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA).
"It had a hard-landing near the arranged (contact down) site according to the pictures sent by the on-board camera of the orbiter. The lander is there as a solitary piece, not broken into pieces. It's in a tilted position," an Isro authority related with the mission asserted on Monday.
"We are endeavoring hard and fast endeavors to see whether correspondence can be restored with the lander," the authority said.
"An Isro group is the at work at ISROTelemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) here."
Chandrayaan-2 includes an orbiter, lander (Vikram) and meanderer (Pragyan).
The mission life of the lander and meanderer is one Lunar day, which is equivalent to 14 earth days.
Isro executive K Sivan had said on Saturday that the space organization would attempt to reestablish connect with the lander for 14 days, and emphasized the purpose on Sunday after the orbiter's camera spotted it on the Lunar surface.
An Isro authority stated: "Except if and until everything is flawless (lander), it's troublesome (to restore contact). Odds are less. Just in the event that it had delicate landing, and on the off chance that all frameworks worked, at that point no one but correspondence can be reestablished. Things are depressing starting at now."
"I will rate it (reestablishing join) as great," another senior authority of the space organization stated, raising expectation that lander springing to life again isn't precluded.
"Be that as it may, there are constraints. We have understanding of recouping rocket (which had lost contact) in geostationary circle. Yet, here (on account of Vikram), that sort of operational adaptability isn't there. As of now it's lying on the outside of the Moon, and we can't reorient it. Crucial thing is reception apparatuses should pointed towards the ground station or the orbiter. Such activity is incredibly troublesome. Simultaneously, odds are great and we should keep our fingers crossed," the authority said.
The authority said the lander producing force isn't an issue, as it has "sunlight based boards surrounding it" and it additionally has "inside batteries" which "are not utilized much."
Vikram conveyed three payloads Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive Ionosphere and Atmosphere (RAMBHA), Chandra's Surface Thermo-physical Experiment (ChaSTE) and Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA).
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