The Vikram lander had lost contact to the ground station as it was at an altitude of 2.1km from the lunar surface
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Twitterati came hard on trolls from Pakistan on Saturday after communication with the Vikram lander was lost while descending to the moon's South Pole. While announcing loss of the communication link, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K. Sivan said that the performance of the lander was as per the plan till it was at an altitude of 2.1 km from the moon surface, after which the communication was lost.
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The lander had successfully completed its rough braking phase with its descent speed going down well. On the screen it was seen that Vikram slightly changed from its planned path and then the link got snapped.
Reacting to the trolls, the Twitterati reportedly slammed Pakistani handles for short-sightedness and unable to understand the significance of this mission for the sub-continent.
India didn't fail..
— Nitish Kumar Singh (@NitishKumarSi17) September 7, 2019
We just lost contact with the moon lander #Chandrayaan2
Failure shows dt we r trying
We r proud of our @isro ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u008a
Don't be disheartened guys
Those who r trending #IndiaFailed ...bade bade desho me choti choti batein hoti rehti he
Tmhare samajh se upar he
What Pakistan fails to understand, cost of Chandrayaan is higher than its economy, Bharat can launch another 100 Chandrayaan’s and still survive, unlike rogue state. #IndiaFailed to feed its poor neighbours ðÂu00c2u009f¤£ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0082ðÂu00c2u009f¤£ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0082..
— Prasanna Gouda (@prasannagouda23) September 7, 2019
#IndiaFailed ; For starters India hasn’t failed. We have reached Mars. We almost reached an unexplored location on the moon. We are progressing amazingly well in space research. SO YEAH, WE ARE KICKING IT.
— Drishti Naik (@BombayVintage_) September 7, 2019
#IndiaFailed says Pakistanis while their space programme looks like this.
— Tony Koshy Mathew (@TonyKoshy_20) September 7, 2019
At least people are taught to pursue science instead of being encouraged to become suicide bombers. #IndiaOnTheMoon #ISRO pic.twitter.com/IsCeTpIVfm
Meanwhile, the 2,379 kg Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is said to be flying around the moon. Its mission life is known to be of a year. Officials at the space agency's telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac) were checking out the problem and the data was being analysed.
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With inputs from IANS
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