CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA that operates the Nation’s newest system of polar-orbiting satellites that collect environmental information about the Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -JPSS was created by the White House in February 2010 following the restructuring dissolution of the National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program.

Detailed explanation-3: -The PSLV was first launched on 20 September 1993.

Detailed explanation-4: -JPSS satellites provide sophisticated meteorological data and observations of atmosphere, ocean, and land for daily and long-term monitoring and forecasting. NOAA’s National Weather Service uses this data to increase the accuracy of forecasts three to seven days in advance of a severe weather event.

Detailed explanation-5: -Payload to SSPO (Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit): 1, 750 kg PSLV earned its title ‘the Workhorse of ISRO’ through consistently delivering various satellites to Low Earth Orbits.