Thought I would put together some numbers to help clear up the bad math problems we had last Thursday :)

The estimate of 1.6 million miles is not the correct distance the broadcast signal travels. I'm not sure where exactly that calculation came from but I think it was intended to be made based on 20 satellites x 22,236 miles x 2 directions (uplink and downlink) + an extra uplink and downlink from KC to Dallas = 993,912 miles.

But that's not right either.