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Communication Lost With Indian Moon Satellite

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-shame dept.

stoolpigeon writes "All communication links with the only Indian satellite orbiting the Moon have been lost, India's space agency says. Radio contact with the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was lost abruptly early on Saturday, said India's Bangalore-based Space Research Organization (ISRO)."

3 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. Re:obligatory comment by ae1294 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    loss of smoke signals occurred sometime around noon.

  2. In other news... by bmo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    A radio signal was detected from the Moon and appears to be aimed at Io.

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    BMO

  3. Re:The world is not okay by Ant+P. · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe it crashed because they outsourced the control software to a backward, third world country of broken-english speakers who can't cope with metric measurements.