2. What is Vikram Lander
The Vikram lander was designed to study various
aspects of the lunar environment. The lander and the
Pragyan rover performed various experiments in 14
Earth days (i.e. one lunar day).
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⋆ In Chandrayaan mission’s
Vikram lander is named after
ISRO founder Vikram Sarabhai.
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4. PURPOSE OF VIKRAM LANDER
Rover Pragyan and lander Vikram, are designed to
study the lunar environment and send data back to
Earth.
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5. VIKRAM LANDER IN
CHANDRAYAAN MISSION
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CHANDRAYAAN – 2
LANDER Weight – 1,471 kg
CHANDRAYAAN – 3
LANDER Weight – 2148 kg
6. CHANDRAYAAN MISSION
MISSION -2
In Chandrayaan-2 mission just
before Vikram was to touch
down on the Moon, contact
was lost at an altitude of 2 km
(1.2 miles).
MISSION - 3
In Chandrayaan-3 the Vikram
lander touched down on the
Moon on August 23, 2023.
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