As efforts by ISRO continues to locate the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan 2 and to re-establish communication with the lander, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that he is hopeful. Taking to Twitter, he said that when everybody is waiting to see the success of the Vikram lander then Vikram will not disappoint. He also added a hashtag saying that he is proud of ISRO.

Chandrayaan 2 | 'Vikram must have done a hard-landing': ISRO to PTI

Vikram tilted, but in one piece

"It had a hard-landing very close to the planned (touch-down) site as per the images sent by the on-board camera of the orbiter. The lander is there as a single piece, not broken into pieces. It's in a tilted position," an ISRO official associated with the mission claimed to PTI. "We are making all-out efforts to see whether communication can be re-established with the lander," the official said adding"An ISRO team is the on the job at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)."

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ISRO spotted Vikram lander

ISRO Chairman K Sivan on Sunday said to ANI that they have spotted the location of Vikram Lander on the Lunar surface. Sivan also said that Chandrayaan 2's orbiter has clicked a thermal image of Vikram Lander. While ISRO has not yet established any communication with the Lander, they are still trying to do the same, according to ANI. Sivan also told PTI that the Vikram's landing must have been a hard-landing. On September 7, India'smoon mission Chandrayaan 2 was scheduled to make a soft-landing on moon's south pole with its Vikram lander and Pragyan rover. However, just minutes before the touchdown, communication with the lander was lost even as the Vikram lander was only 2.1 kilometres away from the lunar surface. Following the unfortunate loss of communication with the lander, ISRO chief said that attempts will be made to re-establish the communication with the Lander in the next 14 days. 

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What happened during Vikram's soft-landing?

Earlier on Saturday morning at 1:50 AM when Vikram was scheduled to land, ISRO's Deep Space Antenna lost communication with Chandrayaan-2's lander- Vikram as it descended towards the lunar surface. The lander had descended from 30 km to 2km smoothly. During the final smooth braking stage, it had lost communication with Mission Control. Vikram was aimed at soft-landing on the moon, making India the fourth country to do so.   

'Vikram Lander spotted on Lunar surface by Orbiter': ISRO to ANI