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China redirected six radar satellites to survey China-Nepal glacier collapse
The disaster, which struck Wednesday, killed more than 400 people and left over 1,000 missing across both nations, with damage reported at China’s Gyirong Port border checkpoint.
Within hours of a devastating glacier collapse on the China-Nepal border, a Beijing-based satellite company redirected six of its satellites to survey the disaster zone, using high-resolution radar images to identify a massive collapse site near a remote mountain pass, according to SCMP Economy.
The outlet said radar sensors can see through haze and cloud, allowing the company to map terrain changes with high precision in the rugged Himalayan plateau.
SCMP Economy reported that the glacier broke away on the Nepal side on Wednesday, triggering a rock and ice avalanche that unleashed deadly flash floods downstream, devastating communities along the China-Nepal border and beyond.
The report added that the swift commercial satellite response highlights China’s expanding space surveillance capabilities into private enterprises, and it noted that severe damage was caused to the Gyirong Port border checkpoint in China’s Shigatse region, as the death toll reached more than 400 with over a thousand missing across both countries.