The glidersonde is the combination of commercially available radiosonde technology with an autonomous glider. The combined package is light and small enough to fit in the same regulatory category as conventional radiosondes yet smart enough to glide back to the launch site on most days of the year.

The glidersonde is attached under a weather balloon the exact same way as a conventional radiosonde. It detaches from the balloon at a predefined altitude before autonomously gliding back to the launch site or another predefined landing site. The glidersonde is easily recovered and can be reused again up to 50 times.