Election, Punjab

RANDOMISATION OF EVM’s HELD IN PRESENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF POLITICAL PARTIES

06 October, 2019

DAKHA BY-ELECTION: 48 HOURS BEFORE POLLING, CANDIDATES CAN KEEP ONLY THREE VEHICLES IN THEIR CONVOY By SK.Vyas: Ludhiana, October 6,2019:The first round of randomisation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) was held in the presence of political representatives, here today. The randomisation was held in the presence of District Election Officer-cum-Deputy …

Punjab, Sports

CABINET MINISTER VIJAY INDER SINGLA TO INAUGURATE 36TH INDIAN OIL SERVO SURJIT HOCKEY TOURNAMENT ON OCTOBER 11

05 October, 2019

By Madhur Vyas: Jalandhar, October 5,2019:  Deputy Commissioner and President of Surjit Hockey Society  Varinder Kumar Sharma today said that the Education and Public Works Department Minister Punjab  Vijay Inder Singla would inaugurate 36th edition of prestigious Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament at the Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium on …

Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Mission Ends After 11 Successful Years The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and understanding of climate change. These observations are being continued by its successor, Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure sea surface height, successfully ended its science mission on Oct. 1. NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft’s power system. Jason-2/OSTM contributed to a long-term record of global sea levels. This image shows areas in the Pacific Ocean where sea levels were lower (blues) or higher (reds) than normal during the first week of January 2018. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM, a joint NASA mission with the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), launched in June 2008. The mission extended the long-term record of sea surface height measurements started by the NASA-CNES TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions. Jason-2/OSTM’s 11-year lifetime well exceeded its three-year design life. These measurements are being continued by its successor, Jason-3, launched in 2016. “Today we celebrate the end of this resoundingly successful international mission,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Jason-2/OSTM has provided unique insight into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and our understanding of climate change.” Since its launch, Jason-2/OSTM charted nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) of global sea level rise, a critical measure of climate change. The mission has also resulted in the distribution of over a million data products and the publication of more than 2,100 science papers. “Jason-2/OSTM was a high point of operational satellite oceanography as the first Jason mission to formally include EUMETSAT and NOAA as partners,” said Steve Volz, assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. “During its 11-year run, Jason-2/OSTM helped improve NOAA’s hurricane intensity forecasts and provided important observations of marine winds and waves and in doing so has anchored these essential ocean altimetry observations in NOAA’s operational observing system requirements.” With the recent degradation of the spacecraft’s power system, mission partners decided to end the mission to decrease risks to other satellites and future altimetry missions, and to comply with French space law. Final decommissioning operations for Jason-2/OSTM are scheduled to be completed by CNES on Oct. 10. “With the involvement of EUMETSAT and NOAA, Jason-2 brought high precision monitoring of ocean surface topography and mean sea level to operational status,” said Alain Ratier, EUMETSAT’s director general. “Its 11-year lifetime in orbit was rewarding for the four program partners and the ocean and climate user community.” Global sea level has shown a steady rise since the early 1990s as measured by Jason-2/OSTM, its predecessor missions, and Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM’s mission might have ended earlier if not for the ingenuity of its mission teams. In July 2017, the degradation of critical onboard components and control systems required that Jason-2/OSTM move from its original science orbit, deplete excess propellant reserves, and be maneuvered into a slightly lower orbit away from functioning satellites. In close collaboration with the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team, mission partners identified an orbit that would allow for the continuation of the Jason-2/OSTM measurements, while still being compatible with orbital debris mitigation constraints and of scientific benefit. This new orbit resulted in less frequent observations of the same location on Earth but overall resolution of the data improved because the ground tracks of the observations were closer together. This improved resolution is extremely useful for marine gravity studies and the mapping of seafloor topography. It also allowed for valuable operational oceanographic and science observations. “Not only did Jason-2 extend the precise climate record established by TOPEX/Poseidon and continued by Jason-1, it also made invaluable observations for small to medium-scale ocean studies in its second, interleaved orbit,” said CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall. “Even when moved to the ‘graveyard’ orbit, Jason-2 continued to make unprecedented new observations of the Earth’s gravity field, with precise measurements right until the end.” The technological advancements proven on Jason-1, Jason-2/OSTM, and Jason-3 will be put to use well into future decades. Following Jason-3 will be two future Sentinel-6/Jason-CS satellites, planned for launch in 2020 and 2025. For more information about NASA’s Earth science activities, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/earth -end- Press Contacts Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Esprit Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4269 esprit.smith@jpl.nasa.gov Pascale Bresson CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-75-39 pascale.bresson@cnes.fr Raphaël Sart CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-74-51 raphael.sart@cnes.fr John Leslie NOAA National Environmental Satellite and Information Service, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-0214 john.leslie@noaa.gov Neil Fletcher EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 49-6151-807-8390 neil.fletcher@eumetsat.int NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov.
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Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Mission Ends After 11 Successful Years The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and understanding of climate change. These observations are being continued by its successor, Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure sea surface height, successfully ended its science mission on Oct. 1. NASA and its mission partners made the decision to end the mission after detecting deterioration in the spacecraft’s power system. Jason-2/OSTM contributed to a long-term record of global sea levels. This image shows areas in the Pacific Ocean where sea levels were lower (blues) or higher (reds) than normal during the first week of January 2018. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM, a joint NASA mission with the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), launched in June 2008. The mission extended the long-term record of sea surface height measurements started by the NASA-CNES TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions. Jason-2/OSTM’s 11-year lifetime well exceeded its three-year design life. These measurements are being continued by its successor, Jason-3, launched in 2016. “Today we celebrate the end of this resoundingly successful international mission,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Jason-2/OSTM has provided unique insight into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and our understanding of climate change.” Since its launch, Jason-2/OSTM charted nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) of global sea level rise, a critical measure of climate change. The mission has also resulted in the distribution of over a million data products and the publication of more than 2,100 science papers. “Jason-2/OSTM was a high point of operational satellite oceanography as the first Jason mission to formally include EUMETSAT and NOAA as partners,” said Steve Volz, assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. “During its 11-year run, Jason-2/OSTM helped improve NOAA’s hurricane intensity forecasts and provided important observations of marine winds and waves and in doing so has anchored these essential ocean altimetry observations in NOAA’s operational observing system requirements.” With the recent degradation of the spacecraft’s power system, mission partners decided to end the mission to decrease risks to other satellites and future altimetry missions, and to comply with French space law. Final decommissioning operations for Jason-2/OSTM are scheduled to be completed by CNES on Oct. 10. “With the involvement of EUMETSAT and NOAA, Jason-2 brought high precision monitoring of ocean surface topography and mean sea level to operational status,” said Alain Ratier, EUMETSAT’s director general. “Its 11-year lifetime in orbit was rewarding for the four program partners and the ocean and climate user community.” Global sea level has shown a steady rise since the early 1990s as measured by Jason-2/OSTM, its predecessor missions, and Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jason-2/OSTM’s mission might have ended earlier if not for the ingenuity of its mission teams. In July 2017, the degradation of critical onboard components and control systems required that Jason-2/OSTM move from its original science orbit, deplete excess propellant reserves, and be maneuvered into a slightly lower orbit away from functioning satellites. In close collaboration with the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team, mission partners identified an orbit that would allow for the continuation of the Jason-2/OSTM measurements, while still being compatible with orbital debris mitigation constraints and of scientific benefit. This new orbit resulted in less frequent observations of the same location on Earth but overall resolution of the data improved because the ground tracks of the observations were closer together. This improved resolution is extremely useful for marine gravity studies and the mapping of seafloor topography. It also allowed for valuable operational oceanographic and science observations. “Not only did Jason-2 extend the precise climate record established by TOPEX/Poseidon and continued by Jason-1, it also made invaluable observations for small to medium-scale ocean studies in its second, interleaved orbit,” said CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall. “Even when moved to the ‘graveyard’ orbit, Jason-2 continued to make unprecedented new observations of the Earth’s gravity field, with precise measurements right until the end.” The technological advancements proven on Jason-1, Jason-2/OSTM, and Jason-3 will be put to use well into future decades. Following Jason-3 will be two future Sentinel-6/Jason-CS satellites, planned for launch in 2020 and 2025. For more information about NASA’s Earth science activities, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/earth -end- Press Contacts Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Esprit Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4269 esprit.smith@jpl.nasa.gov Pascale Bresson CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-75-39 pascale.bresson@cnes.fr Raphaël Sart CNES, Paris, France 33-01-44-76-74-51 raphael.sart@cnes.fr John Leslie NOAA National Environmental Satellite and Information Service, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-0214 john.leslie@noaa.gov Neil Fletcher EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 49-6151-807-8390 neil.fletcher@eumetsat.int NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@newsletters.nasa.gov.

04 October, 2019

The Jason-2/OSTM satellite provided insights into ocean currents and sea level rise with tangible benefits to marine forecasting, meteorology and understanding of climate change. These observations are being continued by its successor, Jason-3. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed …

Punjab

DC AND CP REVIEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR 36TH INDIAN OIL SERVO HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

04 October, 2019

By SK.Vyas: Jalandhar, October 4,2019:  Deputy Commissioner  Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Mr Gurpreet Singh Bhullar on Friday reviewed the arrangements of 36th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Stadium at the stadium. India’s prestigious 36th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament will be played at the Olympian Surjit …

Election, Punjab

Punjab Assembly Bypoll- 33 candidates in fray for four constituencies

03 October, 2019

By SK.Vyas: Chandigarh, October 3, 2019:  A total of 33 candidates remain in the fray for the four assembly constituencies in state of Punjab, voting for which will be held on October 21, 2019.  On the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers today  3 candidates withdrew their nominations. Disclosing this …

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