New delhi sources stated that advanced moon lander 'Vikram' separated from Chandrayaan 2 orbiter: ISRO All systems of Chandrayaan 2 orbiter and lander are healthy, says ISRO vikram lander will head to a region on moon that is less explored and the advanced moon lander 'Vikram' successfully separated from india's moon shot Chandrayaan 2 orbiter yesterday, the Indian Space Research Organization tweeted. ISRO said "The health of the orbiter and lander is being monitored from the Mission Operations Complex. All the systems of Chandrayaan 2 orbiter and lander are healthy”.

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Furthermore the vikram lander will head to a region on the moon that is little explored till date most lunar landings have taken place in the northern hemisphere or in the equatorial region. It is scheduled to touch down on the lunar surface on September 7. Further after touchdown, the rover Pragyan will roll down from the vikram craft to carry out research on lunar soil.



Earlier the Chandrayaan 2 was successfully manoeuvred into lunar orbit on August 20, after nearly 30 days of space travel. This was one of the trickiest operations in the mission. Moreover the approach velocity had to be just right and the altitude over the moon rather precise. Even a small error would have killed the mission. The process of landing Chandrayaan 2 on the moon is very complex since it blasted off at a velocity of 39,240 kilometres per hour, which is almost 30 times the speed at which sound travels through air.


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