Had India’s first lunar lander, Vikram, successfully soft-landed on Moon, it would have marked history. However, ISRO is still continuing its efforts to communicate with Chandrayaan-2 and keep us updated. Vikram lander had been recently located by orbiter of Chandrayaan-2, but communication with it yet. All possible efforts are being made to establish communication with lander.

In its recent Tweet, ISRO stated -

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Latest update by ISRO

re were latest updates on Orbiter by ISRO on Thursday:

-All Payloads of orbiter are powered.
-Initial trials for orbiter Payloads are completed successfully.
-Performance of all orbiter Payloads is satisfactory
- orbiter continues to perform scheduled science experiments to complete satisfaction
-A national-level committee consisting of academicians and ISRO experts are analysing cause of communication loss with lander.

Indian Research Organisation (ISRO) in its tweet also mentioned that National committee of academicians and ISRO experts are analysing cause of communication loss with Vikram Lander.

A retired senior ISRO official also said that ISRO (Indian Research Organization) will simulate various scenarios to find out why Vikram Lander failed to land smoothly on moon's surface. According to him, ISRO has to see wher any simulation prior to launch was overlooked. simulation will include what it had t done and what it had assumed to arrive at probable cause of its moon lander Vikram hitting lunar surface after veering away from its plotted path and losing communication. 

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NASA's efforts to communicate with Vikram Lander

In a bid to help ISRO communicate with 'Vikram Lander' which is currently on lunar surface, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), on Friday, began sending radio signals to Vikram Lander, as revealed by Astromer Scott Tilley. As shared by Tilley in a series of tweets, NASA's Deep Network (DSN) has been beaming radio frequency to Vikram Lander. ISRO too is constantly trying to establish communication with Vikram through its Indian Deep Network (IDSN) at Byalalu near Bengaluru. Tilley has also reported about health of Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter which is currently orbiting moon around 100km from surface. This is being currently monitored by Tilley's own lab.

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