The Vikram lander has been found, but the odds that it is in working condition are long. Doppler data indicate it landed at more than 110 miles per hour.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/science/india-chandrayaan-2-vikram.html …
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Ur writeup has good coverage n thx for writing for Chandrayaan 2. One question: it is clear from all analysis dat signal was lost much BEFORE the lander reached surface. What can cause such signal loss in mid air?
The ISRO plot suggests loss of signal at a few hundred meters above the surface. At 50 m/s, that’s 8 seconds. Given there’s a malfunction and the spacecraft is not operating as designed, errors in reported altitude aren’t implausible.
