The satellite will likely have less than 30 seconds to connect to such a tower, upload the data and get new task data. And it looks like the connection in your

The satellite will likely have less than 30 seconds to connect to such a tower, upload the data and get new task data. And it looks like the connection in your example used aimed antennas, not just broadcasting the signal onto the surface of the planet, which means you loose a lot of signal strength.