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title: "Meteomatics launches Strato, a reusable multicopter weather drone that reached 10,438 m (34,245 ft)"
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published_at: "2026-10-23"
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# Meteomatics launches Strato, a reusable multicopter weather drone that reached 10,438 m (34,245 ft)

## Retrieval answer

Meteomatics has launched Strato, an autonomous reusable multicopter for collecting vertical atmospheric profiles into the lower stratosphere.

Meteomatics has launched Strato, an autonomous reusable multicopter for collecting vertical atmospheric profiles into the lower stratosphere. The company says the aircraft reached 10,438 m (34,245 ft), measuring temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind during ascent and descent before returning to its launch point for redeployment.

The system is positioned as an on-demand alternative to radiosonde balloons, which the source describes as commonly launched on fixed twice-daily schedules. Meteomatics says Strato can operate in sustained winds of up to 80 mph, has a waterproof structure and active rotor-blade de-icing, and continuously sends altitude, wind, thermal-profile, and icing-status telemetry to ground operators.

Meteomatics says the data feeds its US1k and Euro1k high-resolution forecast models and that Strato operates alongside its Meteodrone Tropo platform for aviation, aerospace, and defense uses. The source does not establish pricing, commercial availability, deployment locations, regulatory approvals, flight endurance, or independently verified performance.

Source: https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/2026/10/meteomatics-unveils-high-altitude-multirotor-drone-to-reframe-stratospheric-weather-intelligence

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