Meteomatics Quadcopter Flies To 34,000 Ft. For Weather Data Collection

Meteomatics quadcopter

Drone is pitched as an alternative to weather balloons.

Credit: Meteomatics
Meteomatics has demonstrated its new quadcopter flying to 34,245 ft. The Strato drone is equipped with weather monitoring hardware and is pitched as an alternative to weather balloon radiosondes. “To operate reliably at these altitudes, Strato was engineered to withstand sustained winds up to 80 mph...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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