kerbiloid 7,432 Posted September 8, 2019 Spoiler 2 hours ago, tater said: Orbiter located and made a thermal image of the lander. Of its "landing" site zone area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tater 20,477 Posted September 8, 2019 ^^^debris field Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tater 20,477 Posted September 8, 2019 http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/sep/08/chandrayaan-2-vikram-lander-tumbled-and-crashed-on-moon-2030482.html Quote CHENNAI: Vikram, the Chandrayaan-2 mission lander, tumbled and crashed on the lunar surface, which resulted in the snapping of communication links with the orbiter, confirmed ISRO sources to TNIE even as the space agency said through Saturday that it was analysing the data. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just Jim 14,097 Posted September 8, 2019 According to Space.com, and a couple sites, they've located it, but haven't gotten a signal yethttps://www.space.com/india-moon-lander-found-by-chandrayaan-2-orbiter.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Space Nerd 145 Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) On 9/7/2019 at 7:55 PM, Space Nerd said: Rest in pieces, Vikram lander. Maybe I was wrong! Edited September 9, 2019 by Space Nerd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nigel J. Cardozo 138 Posted September 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, Space Nerd said: Maybe I was wrong! Rest in piece a piece! 18 hours ago, Nigel J. Cardozo said: Sorry but I had already posted an article on it 15 hours ago, Just Jim said: According to Space.com, and a couple sites, they've located it, but haven't gotten a signal yethttps://www.space.com/india-moon-lander-found-by-chandrayaan-2-orbiter.html Hmmm..... Nevermind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultimate Steve 7,843 Posted September 9, 2019 Whoa! This is exciting! So either it soft landed but is at an angle where it is difficult or impossible to communicate, or it landed hard enough to break a vital system. What do you think the odds are for reestablishing communications? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tater 20,477 Posted September 9, 2019 28 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: What do you think the odds are for reestablishing communications? Slim. The trick is that they only have a mission duration of 14 days, and presumably if the lander is on the side, they have to attempt comms from an angle where the antenna works (~180 degrees). No idea what on the side means, either, it might have been fairly kerbal, it was heading down with about equal horizontal and vertical velocity at the time they lost comms (something on the order of 150 kph at an angle). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insert_name 1,416 Posted September 10, 2019 10 hours ago, tater said: Slim. The trick is that they only have a mission duration of 14 days, and presumably if the lander is on the side, they have to attempt comms from an angle where the antenna works (~180 degrees). No idea what on the side means, either, it might have been fairly kerbal, it was heading down with about equal horizontal and vertical velocity at the time they lost comms (something on the order of 150 kph at an angle). if the antenna is at the wrong angle it may be worth trying to command it to tip itself up from an orbiting probe flying at an angle if it cannot be contacted from the earth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerbiloid 7,432 Posted September 10, 2019 Spoiler Landers should be hedgehogs with retractable antennas from every side. Then, by retracting-extending antennas they can not just overturn back, but also roll along the surface and get out from pits. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scotius 2,657 Posted September 10, 2019 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: Reveal hidden contents Landers should be hedgehogs with retractable antennas from every side. Then, by retracting-extending antennas they can not just overturn back, but also roll along the surface and get out from pits. No. It should be something like this cute little robot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikegarrison 2,468 Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/9/2019 at 8:25 AM, tater said: I've had some Mun landings go like that. ISRO should just revert to their last quicksave and try it again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerbiloid 7,432 Posted September 13, 2019 A pretty accurate lithobraking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tater 20,477 Posted November 27, 2019 Live in 2 hours, unsure on liftoff time; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tater 20,477 Posted November 27, 2019 OK, liftoff is at 8:58pm MST (10:58pm EST). So it goes live about 30 minutes prior to liftoff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tater 20,477 Posted November 27, 2019 Last stage started. It's OTW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scimas 95 Posted November 27, 2019 The video coverage is always so bad man... Every time I hope they will get better, but they never do. They had actual footage of the fairing separation but chose to keep showing the people instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Listy 26 Posted December 4, 2019 Vikram lander found - most definitely not in a single piece! https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/1131 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Space Nerd 145 Posted December 4, 2019 Rip-rest in pieces. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Selective Genius 131 Posted December 6, 2019 Scott Manley did a video on the Vikram crashlanding site, but the comments section is a racist, xenophobic dumpster fire so I am not linking it directly to the forum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
