Low Earth Orbit Communication Satellites: A Positively Disruptive Technology That Could Change the Delivery of Health Care in Rural and Northern Canada

Douglas Hamilton   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , PEng, BSc, MSc, MD, PhD ;   Sandeep (Sonny) S Kohli   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Paul McBeth   ^{5, 6, 7 *} , PEng, BSc, MSc, MD ;   Randy Moore   ^{2 *} , BSc ;   Keltie Hamilton   ^{8 *} , BHSc, MPH ;   Andrew W Kirkpatrick   ^{5, 6, 9 *} , BSc, CD, MD

¹ General Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

² Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

³ Space Advisory Board, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁴ Intensive Care and Internal Medicine, Oakville Trafalgar Hospital, McMaster University, Oakville, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁶ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁷ Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁸ Faculty of Health, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

⁹ TeleMentored Ultrasound Supported Medical Interventions Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

*all authors contributed equally