Optical laser ground stations are severely degraded by cloud cover and atmospheric weather.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
While optical communication offers high bandwidth, cloud cover blocks laser signals from deep space probes to Earth ground stations. Dynamically routed global ground-station networks and satellite relays are needed.
Citation ID: WS02159
Title: Optical laser ground stations are severely degraded by cloud cover and atmospheric weather.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=2159