NASA has confirmed the assumed location of the crash of India’s Chandrayan 2 Vikram Lander. The tip regarding the debris of the Lander received from Indian techie Shanmuga Subramanian had helped NASA explore the moon’s surface using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to locate the debris of the lander.
Crux of the Matter
At the time of the landing on the moon’s surface, India’s Chandrayan 2 Vikram Lander started deviating from its trajectory and then lost communication with ISRO.
Since then, attempts were being made by ISRO and NASA to set-up communication with the lander. NASA’s LRO had captured images of the surface near the expected landing site.
Indian techie, Shanmuga Subramaniam compared the newly released images by NASA’s LRO with pictures of moon’s surface as old as 9 years. He later reached out to NASA after spotting slight differences in the northwestern region, about 750 metres, from the landing spot.
NASA has confirmed the presence of what they believe to be the Vikram Lander debris close to the landing site. The image released by NASA seems to indicate three huge debris pieces, each represented by spots of 2×2 pixels on the image.
The LRO camera’s best case resolution is around 0.5 metres – 1 pixel corresponds to 0.5 metres length.
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Mission Chandrayaan-2 is the second lunar exploration mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), after Chandrayaan-1. It consisted of a lunar orbiter, the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover, all of which were developed in India. The main scientific objective is to map and study the variations in lunar surface composition, as well as the location and abundance of lunar water. More Info
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