Stratospheric drone could make weather balloons obsolete
October 09, 2026
The Strato drone can reportedly be set up to fly to the edge of the stratosphere in just five minutes
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Weather balloons are wasteful, and not very eco-friendly – they burst upon reaching high altitudes, then fall back to the earth as trash that rarely gets recovered. That's why there's now a reusable multicopter weather drone that can fly to the edge of the stratosphere.
Announced this Thursday (Sept. 8), the Strato is a quadcopter made by Swiss weather technology company Meteomatics.
It is reportedly capable of reaching a record-setting altitude of 34,245 feet (10,438 meters) – and is rated to 39,000 ft (11,887 m) – where it can collect data on variables such as temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed. That said, it's worth noting that balloons can typically ascend to at least60,000 feet (18,288 m) before the difference in the surrounding...
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