Chinese team to measure Everest with BeiDou-3 tech
The mission to measure Mount Everest in 2020 is on its way.
A team of over 30 Chinese surveyors left the base camp on its arduous and potentially deadly journey to the peak Wednesday as part of the country’s mission to remeasure the height of the world’s highest mountain, China Daily reported.
China has launched a campaign to measure the height of Mount Everest, which is known in China as Mount Qomolangma, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced.
The re-measurement of the peak’s height is a part of China’s latest large-scale comprehensive scientific survey of Everest, and the project is jointly organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the General Administration of Sports of China and the regional government of the Tibet autonomous region, Chin