 "India’s second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off onboard GSLV Mk III-M1 launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. ISRO had called off the launch on July 15 after a technical snag was detected ahead of the lif")
Isro officials said on Saturday that losing contact with Chandrayaan2's lander and and rover was a setback and not a failure.
Officials, who are analysing data to determine the reasons behind the setback, said that while it was impossible to retrieve the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), only 5 per cent of the mission was lost. The remaining 95 per cent of the mission - the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter - was still orbiting the moon successfully.
The orbiter will take pictures of the moon, and probably even of the lander, and transmit them to ISRO, where they will be analysed.
