ISRO finds Vikram lander, yet to establish contact As per the space agency, it has found the thermal image of the lander but has not been able to establish communication with it yet. By Raghu Krishnan, ET Bureau|Updated: Sep 08, 2019, 03.33 PM IST

The lunar orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2 mission has taken images of the lander on the lunar surface, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) K Sivan said. He added that the space agency has not been able to get any signals so far.

ISRO did not confirm the status of the lander. The orbiter which went around the moon today around the landing slots could take thermal image of the lander.Sivan had conduct a review with his team members to address the cause of the loss of communication with the lander during its maiden attempt to soft land in the south polar region of the moon. It is suspected that the lander lost control due to malfunctioning of one of the five thrusters that could have destabilised the vehicle.

India's maiden mission was a partial success after the lander Vikram lost communication 2.1 kms away from landing on the moon's surface. The Lander carried the Pragyan rover.