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How did sulphur come up to the surface of the moon?
We know that the Chandrayaan-3 mission found the presence of sulphur on the surface of the moon.
How did it come up to the surface of the moon if this element is supposed to be in the moon's core ...
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What went wrong in the Chandrayaan-2 mission with the Vikram lander?
On September 7th 2019, ISRO attempted to land a lunar lander ,Vikram, with rover , Pragyan, on the moon. It was very exciting to watch until the lander lost communication with ground station during ...
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Why is the Duration of Time spent in the Dayside greater than that of the Night side of the Moon for Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter?
The following information is from ISRO's webpage on "Detection of Argon-40 in the lunar exosphere" (Textual information relevant to my question is in bold face):
The Chandra’s Atmospheric ...
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Why would thermal imaging be used to locate the Chandrayaan-2 lander?
Tweets and news suggest that Chandrayaan-2 lander may have been located, using thermal imaging by the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.
Space.com: India Just Found Its Lost Vikram Lander on the Moon, Still No ...
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Chandrayaan 2: How has life of the orbiter increased from 1 year to more than 7 years?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/chandrayaan-2-orbiter-has-life-of-7-yrs-95-of-mission-accomplished-isro/articleshow/71026990.cms
The ISRO Chairman has reported that the economic use of fuel ...
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Are there any space probes or landers which regained communication after being lost?
Recently, ISRO Vikram lander of Chandrayaan 2 lost its communication just before 2.1 km from lunar surface. ISRO staff still trying to regain the signals.
Are there any space probes/landers which ...
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What are the operating systems and network stack in the Chandrayaan - 2 vehicles?
I am trying to find the information about the operating systems that are run in all of the Chandrayaan - 2 vehicles, the orbiter, lander and Rover. Are these just firmwares? Or how are different ...
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Did the cold temperature of the lunar south pole cause Chandrayaan-2's on board electronics to fail?
Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram was performing nominally during descent until about 2 km before landing, but then suddenly the communication was lost.
Did cold temperature of the lunar south pole cause ...
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Is there any way to determine the fate of Chandrayaan-2?
The lander Vikram of Chandrayaan-2 lost contact with ISRO shortly before an expected landing. Is there any way to find out if it landed without crashing?
For example, are there satellites orbiting ...
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Chandrayaan-2 orbiter and lander communications with Earth (IDSN)
In the Seeker video India Could Be the First to Land on the Moon’s South Pole a bit after 04:20 the narrator says:
Okay, well right about now you’re probably ...
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What was Chandrayaan-1's ground track?
I was looking for a map of Chandrayaan-1's ground track, but I wasn't able to find one. I'm looking for something like this:
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