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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Vikram
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Vikranth
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Bharath
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Vikram Sarabhai. The Lander was named Vikram after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai who is known as the Father of the Indian Space Programme. It was designed to function for one lunar day, which is equivalent to 14 Earth days. Lander Vikram weighs 1471 kg.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vikram lander, named after the father of India’s space programme Vikram Sarabhai, had lost contact with the orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2 mission two minutes after it was to soft-land on the lunar surface near the moon’s south pole.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Vikram lander is part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission, all other parts of which are going on as planned. The landing of Vikram was targeted for a plain about 600 km from the south pole of the Moon.