The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has managed to locate Vikram, the Chandrayaan-2 lander, on Moon's surface a day after losing contact with the craft. However, Isro is yet to establish contact with Vikram; the space agency lost communications with the lander minutes before it was to land on near the south pole of the Moon on Saturday.<br /><br />According to sources, communication with the lander has not yet been established.<br /><br />The lander was located with the help of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which remains safe and is revolving around the Moon. The orbiter managed to shoot a thermal image of the Vikram lander.<br /><br />In an exclusive interview to India Today TV, Isro chief K Sivan said that the agency has managed to locate the lander using the orbiter and has attained a thermal image of it.<br /><br />Isro has been able to identify the lander Vikram, but the condition of the lander is yet to be ascertained.<br /><br />On Sunday, K Sivan said that PM Modi's words of encouragement and the nation's support boosted their morale.<br /><br />"We are extremely happy (with PM's address as well as nation rallying behind Isro). It has boosted the morale of our people," Sivan said.<br /><br />The soft-landing of Chandrayaan-2's landing module, Vikram, did not go according to plan as all ground communication was lost with it just moments before the scheduled landing late on September 7.<br /><br />The landing began minutes before 1:40 am Saturday, and then things went awry around 12 minutes after Vikram began its descent.<br /><br />Isro will investigate several factors to determine what triggered the communication loss with Chandrayaan-2's lander, Vikram.<br /><br />Sources have informed India Today TV that the Chandrayaan-2 team will investigate key datasets like final emissions and signals, last sets of sensor data to find out the reason behind the communication loss with Vikram lander.
