After Chandrayaan 2, Mission ‘Ganganyaan’ Is Most Important: ISRO Chief K Sivan

Mumbai: After Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram Lander had a hard landing after which it lost its contact ISRO Chief K Sivan said that not it’s time for a plan which is being worked out for moon mission in future.

He said that Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter is doing “very well” and all payload operations have begun.

Asked if the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has a similar plan after the hard landing of Chandrayaan-2 lander, Sivan said, “We are planning a detailed future.”

He told reporters at the city’s airport, “A national-level committee has been formed to find out what went wrong with (Vikram) Lander. Once the committee submits its report, Then we will work on what to do in the future. “

In addition, the necessary approvals and all procedures have to be finished before making the announcement, he said.

Asked for an update on Chandrayaan-2, he said, “The orbiter is doing very well and all payloads have started operating. We have not received any signal from the lander.”

He said that the country’s space agency has several missions in the months and years to come.

“The most important mission for us is ‘Gaganyaan’, which is a manned mission to space. ISRO is working very hard on it,” he said.

Gaganyaan, scheduled to be launched in 2022, aims to send three astronauts into space and bring them back safely.

“As per the prime minister’s announcement, we have to achieve this success by 2022,” Sivan said.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and like us on Facebook for the latest updates and interesting stories