Amidst a tense atmosphere, a senior official at ISRO associated with the unmanned moon mission informed on Saturday that ISRO may have lost Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander and rover Pragyan housed inside it. Earlier in the day, the lander lost contact to the ground stations during its powered descent to the Lunar surface minutes before the planned touch-down.

"Vikram lander descent was as planned and normal performance was observed up to an altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently, the communications from the lander to ground stations was lost," ISRO chief K Sivan had said. "The data is being analysed," he further added. A senior official closely associated with the mission later told PTI "There is no communication with the lander. It's as good as lost. There is no hope. Very, very difficult to re-establish contact".