High-altitude weather balloons, also known as HABs, are increasingly popular in meteorological and scientific communities in terms of analyzing atmospheric and weather patterns. Data collected by HABs provides valuable input for computer forecast models that detect and predict weather and storms locally at a cheap price. The High-Altitude Weather Balloon project aims to collect atmospheric data through an electronic sensor and communication system mounted to a helium balloon via a payload. Data including temperature, pressure, humidity and position will be collected by this payload. The overall objective of the project is to design, launch and recover a helium-filled weather balloon system which carries the aforementioned sensors to collect atmospheric data. The balloon and payload aim to achieve a target altitude of 60,000 feet. Moreover, the data will then be processed and can be applied to show changes over altitude as well as weather projections.

Keywords: high-altitude balloon; sensor system; communication system; power system; payload