NYINGCHI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists recently carried out the "Jimu-1" tethered balloon atmospheric observation experiment in Lulang, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, which is expected to provide a new perspective for unraveling the mysteries of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ecosystem.

The tethered balloon was equipped with 16 types of scientific payloads with a total weight of approximately 200 kilograms. It successfully ascended to an altitude of 5,500 meters. Through coordinated multi-payload observations, the experiment achieved a technological leap from single-point sampling to three-dimensional monitoring, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the major developer of the tethered balloon.