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Chandrayaan-3: Second bid to land on Moon by November 2020 BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which failed to land a probe on Moon in its first attempt in September 2019 (Chandrayaan-2), has begun work on Chandrayaan-3 with a deadline of November 2020, sources said. Isro has ...

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Pakistan fares badly in terror financing report ahead of key FATF plenary meeting ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces high risks of money laundering and terror financing and has complied with just one the 40 recommendations set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at the time of the country's inclusion ...

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Experts find Sivan’s ‘98% success’ remark laughable CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Soon after Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman K Sivan reiterated on Saturday that Chandrayaan-2 was 98% success (citing the orbiter), some senior scientists have challenged the claim, one of them posting on socia...

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ISRO moves on, gears up to test semi-cryogenic engine in Ukraine ISRO has put its disappointment over the not-so-successful moonlanding behind it and has begun to look forward — to the next missions. On the cards is a clutch of launches, starting from PSLV 47 later this month. But the next big mile...

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How the Indian Army tracked down a Kashmiri basketball player in a day after Article 370 was revoked NEW DELHI: After article 370 which gave Jammu and Kashmir special status was revoked, phone and internet connections in the state were badly hit. Around that time the Wheelchair Basketball Federatio...

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Nasa’s lunarcraft LRO will take images of Vikram lander today NEW DELHI: US space agency Nasa will try to take images of Vikram lander, lying motionless on Moon’s surface, with the help of its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on Tuesday. The US lunarcraft, which has been circling Moon since 2009,...

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MPATGM launch [video]

MPATGM hitting target [video]

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Pakistan army using codes via FM transmission to contact terrorists in J&K: Sources NEW DELHI: Indian intelligence agencies recently cracked some code words being used by the Pakistan army and various terror groups based there to communicate with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir in order to crea...

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Vayutuvan wrote:What is the carrier frequency?

2.2 GHz

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IndraD wrote:how do we know message is being received by dsn> sorry for naive Q !

We won't know the message, we can just observer if data is being sent and/or received. If the lander is sending back data consistently then possibly there is still some hope.

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IndraD wrote:
Ashokk wrote:One of the DSN antennas in Madrid is being used for transmitting data towards the lander at 1 kb/sec @ 11kW. Data also being received...

what is source of this information pls

Deep Space Network Now

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suryag wrote:
Ashokk wrote:One of the DSN antennas in Madrid is being used for transmitting data towards the lander at 1 kb/sec @ 11kW. Data also being received...

Snapshot sir

The session ended before I could take a snapshot, it was on 2.2 GHz for a couple of min max.

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One of the DSN antennas in Madrid is being used for transmitting data towards the lander at 1 kb/sec @ 11kW. Data also being received...

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The Dual Frequency Radio Science Experiment (DFRS) which is planned from the Orbiter uses two coherent signals at X (8496 MHz), and S (2240 MHz) to be received using the DSN. It could be that they were testing the transmitters yesterday.

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Chandrayaan-2: Isro has located lander Vikram and is trying to make contact. But how? How is Isro trying to contact Vikram? Isro, which knows the frequency in which Vikram was supposed to communicate, has been sending different commands every day, hoping to hear back from the lander. So far, there ...

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Indian Army foils BAT attack in Keran sector [VIDEO] Jammu: The Indian Army thwarted an infiltration attempt by a Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT) squad along the Line of Control in Keran sector of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of August. Bodies of eliminated Pakistani Army regu...

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Extra brake thrust may have sent Vikram out of control in home stretch BENGALURU: When silence descended on the Isro mission control and millions of Indian homes minutes before Vikram was to touch down on the Moon at 1.53am on Saturday, many thought the lander had too little thrust to brake to a ha...

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sudarshan wrote:Sending data? You mean it's working?

Probably trying to contact it at high power. Vikram's antenna is probably not pointed in the right direction or might even be damaged. We will have to wait until ISRO releases information.

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Guys is this confirmed? https://twitter.com/vasudevan49/status/1170347263610146816 Latest update: Lander found 500m away from the actual landing spot. But almost upside down. Seen from OHRC image and it is intact! Trying to send commands from Bangalore control center... On the DSN website right now...

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It's possible to find Vikram Lander from Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter: Sivan A senior scientist told TOI "There is a possibility of finding Vikram lander with the orbiter within three days. This is because an orbiter takes three days to come to the same point. We know the landing site but as Vikram d...

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Chandrayaan-2 landing live updates: Everything going according to plan, Isro chief on proposed soft landing of 'Vikram' module 22:17 (IST), Sep 06 Visuals from Isro Monitoring Centre in Bengaluru. The final descent of #Chandrayaan2 to take place on the Lunar South Pole, tonight. #Visuals from ISRO ...

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Meet Pragyan — Chandrayaan 2’s Rover!

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Everything going according to plan, ISRO chief "We are eagerly waiting for the event. Everything is going according to the plan," Isro chairman K Sivan said. The touch-down of 'Vikram' lander is scheduled between 1.30 am and 2.30 am on Saturday, followed by the rollout of rover 'Pragyan' ...

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ISRO uses NASA's dish antennas which are located at different parts of the world to communicate with Chandrayaan when it is not visible from India. As per the DSN website, currently an antenna located in Madrid is in use.

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Kashmir protests get ugly again in London LONDON: About 10,000 British Pakistanis descended on London on Tuesday in hundreds of coaches from across the UK and proceeded to smash windows of the Indian High Commission and cause chaos on the streets of the British capital for the second time in weeks....

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Possibly Pragyaan's battery might need to be warmed up and charged after being exposed to low temperatures during the orbit. Further details from the ISRO research paper here . F. Wake-up logic The block schematic of the proposed rover power system conﬁguration is shown in Fig.3. The wake-up of the ...

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Live media coverage of the landing of Chandrayaan-2 on lunar surface The soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander on lunar surface is scheduled between 1:30 am to 2:30 am on Saturday, September 07, 2019. This will be followed by the Rover roll out between 5:30 am to 6:30 am. A Press Meet with Ch...

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SwamyG wrote:They say DSN has received signals from Vikram.
https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html

Click on Madrid -> CH2L.

The LRO antenna seems to be tracking the orbiter.

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What happens next - A separate entity now, the lander will de-boost with the firing of its four breaking engines. This manoeuvre will bring it to a periapsis of around 18 km. (Periapsis is the point in the path of an orbiting body at which it is nearest to the body that it orbits.) When the lander ...

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Pak minister receives electric shock while speaking against PM Modi :mrgreen: In a video, Rashid, a known motormouth, says while addressing the rally, "Hum tumhari Modi niyaton se waqif hain (we are aware of your intentions, Narendra Modi)". The video, which has gone viral on social media...

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India proposes to replace russian turbines for future units in Kudankulam with japanese turbines The Atomic Energy Corporation of India (NPCIL), a customer for the construction of a nuclear power plant being built by the Russian side, is discussing the possible replacement of turbine equipment from...

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India proposes to replace russian turbines for future units in Kudankulam with japanese turbines The Atomic Energy Corporation of India (NPCIL), a customer for the construction of a nuclear power plant being built by the Russian side, is discussing the possible replacement of turbine equipment from...

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West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee makes, shares tea with locals in Digha

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Pakistan opens headworks gates, 17 villages of Punjab's Ferozepur flooded CHANDIGARH: As many as 17 villages of Punjab's border district Ferozepur were flooded after Pakistan opened headworks gates in its area on the Sutlej river, an official said on Thursday. Several villages of Ferozepur are alre...

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Chidambaram On The Run? ED Reaches His Residence Two officials from the Enforcement Directorate arrived at P Chidambaram's house in New Delhi on Tuesday. A few minutes ago, two teams ( as per sources) from the CBI was outside his residence, hours after the Delhi High Court denied him bail. The Unio...

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130K Troops to Hold Mass Military Drills at War Games, Russia Announces

The Russian Armed Forces will be joined by troops from China, India, Pakistan and four Central Asian republics for the anti-terror drills, the ministry said.

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UK did not back Pak at UNSC: British diplomatic sources LONDON: The UK did not back China or Pakistan at the closed-door United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting about Kashmir on Friday, British diplomatic sources have revealed. Senior UK diplomatic sources told TOI on Monday: “I can confirm ...

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China-Britain Bid To Embarrass Us On J&K Needs An Effective Counter At the closed-door meeting of the United Nation Security Council last week, China and Britain are supposed to have backed the idea of issuing a statement critical of India’s actions in Jammu & Kashmir. Russia sat on the fen...

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‘Killed, Maybe, But Never Caught’: The Tale Of Para Special Forces Officer Who Took Another Name Excerpt from Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh’s book ‘India’s Most Fearless 2: More Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice’ Undisclosed location near Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, March 2004 ‘So...

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