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Usually it's just signal loss from trees and such
It does look like it happens everytime the drone gets down at tree line level. Which just makes it that more impressive that the operators are able to hit so accurately when they are basically flying blind in those last crucial seconds.
And they seem to work at the extreme end of range to start with, there's plenty of footage where on-screen indicators warn about weak signal. That of course makes sense, since the operator needs to have a safe space to focus on the controls instead of worrying about incoming fire, so they're either safe distance away or in a bunker/something which reduces the effective range.