Mission Chandrayaan-2: Experts panel analyzing cause of Vikram's failure

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said it's own experts and a national committee of academicians are study the cause of the failure of moon lander Vikram.
In a statement issued after the loss of Vikram on September 7 while landing on the moon, ISRO said a national committee of academicians and ISRO experts are analyzing the cause of communication loss with Vikram.
However, the ISRO statement is silent on the members of the national committee of academicians, the committee chief and the time frame by which their report will be shared with the nation.
The lander was also carrying a rover Pragyan which was to roll down from Vikram if it had had soft landed instead of crash landing.
On July 22, the ₹978 crore Chandrayaan-2 was launched into space by India's heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III) in a text book style.
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