PM Modi encourages team as ISRO loses contact with Vikram lander

7 Sep 2019

PM Modi encourages team as ISRO loses contact with Vikram lander

PM Modi encourages team as ISRO loses contact with Vikram landerWe have all eagerly been awaiting this day as Chandrayaan -2's Vikram lander was supposed to land between 1.30 a.m. and 2.30 a.m. this morning.

Unfortunately, as it was at about land, ISRO lost contact with it.
 	ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) lost contact with the lander at around 2 a.m. in the morning.
 	Vikram lander was at an altitude of about 2 km from the surface and up to this point, everything had been going smoothly.
 	They are still analysing the data to see what might have happened.

Prime Minister Modi, who was also there at the ISRO ground control centre in Bengaluru to see the landing, encouraged the head of ISRO, K.Sivan, and the team not to be disheartened.

He gave a speech to the nation at 8 a.m. and said that “nation stands with you”. He congratulated the team for always giving their best.
 	PM Modi also encouraged them by saying "best yet to come, there will be new dawn".
 	India may not have been able to land a spacecraft this time but it will surely happen soon and we must keep trying.
 	Many other government and opposition leaders also wrote words of encouragement on Twitter.

However, all is not lost.

The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is still in space and working well.
 	It will go around the Moon for a year, relaying photos and valuable data of the Moon back to ISRO.

We are very proud of the ISRO team for their courage and vision. Let's keep up the optimism and positivity for future space missions.

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We have all eagerly been awaiting this day as Chandrayaan -2’s Vikram lander was supposed to land between 1.30 a.m. and 2.30 a.m. this morning. […]

PM Modi encourages team as ISRO loses contact with Vikram lander

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