The transmission system of claim 10, wherein the third transponder and fourth transponder are disposed on a second satellite. Wherein the first layer signal and the second layer signal are non-coherent and wherein the first layer signal is of a higher power than the second layer signal. expanding the first layer signal bandwidth to substantially all of the first frequency band andĮxpanding the second layer signal bandwidth to substantially all of the first frequency band.Ī first transponder, the first transponder configured to transmit a first legacy signal over a first legacy signal bandwidth within a first frequency band Ī second transponder the second transponder configured to transmit a second legacy signal over a second legacy signal bandwidth within a second frequency band, wherein the first legacy signal bandwidth and the second legacy signal bandwidth are separated by a guard band Ī third transponder and a fourth transponder, the third transponder configured to transmit a first layer signal over a first layer signal bandwidth within the guard band andĪ fourth transponder is configured to transmit a second layer signal over a second layer signal bandwidth within the guard band.The method of claim 8, further comprising: Migrating the first legacy signal to be transmitted by a seventh transponder disposed on the new satellite. Migrating the second layer signal to be transmitted by a sixth transponder disposed on the new satellite and migrating the first legacy signal to be transmitted by a fifth transponder disposed on the new satellite.The method of claim 6, wherein the third transponder and the fourth transponder are disposed on a second satellite new to the legacy transmission system, and wherein the method further comprises the steps of: Raising a power of the first layer guard band signal. raising a power of the second layer signal and.The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of: raising a power of the first legacy signal andĮxpanding the second layer signal bandwidth to overlap the first legacy signal bandwidth.The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: The method of claim 1, wherein the first layer signal and the second layer signal are transmitted over substantially all of the guard band. The method of claim 3, wherein the second satellite is a satellite new to the legacy transmission system. The method of claim 1, wherein the third transponder and fourth transponder are disposed on a second satellite. The method of claim 1, wherein the first layer signal and the second layer signal are non-coherent and wherein the first layer signal is of a higher power than the second layer signal. The fourth transponder is configured to transmit a second layer signal over a second layer signal bandwidth within the guard band. Wherein the third transponder is configured to transmit a first layer signal over a first layer signal bandwidth within the guard band and augmenting the legacy transmission system with a third transponder and a fourth transponder.A method for increasing the transmission capacity of a legacy transmission system comprising at least one satellite having a first transponder, the first transponder configured to transmit a first legacy signal over a first legacy signal bandwidth within a first frequency band, and a second transponder, the second transponder configured to transmit a second legacy signal over a second legacy signal bandwidth within a second frequency band, wherein the first legacy signal bandwidth and the second legacy signal bandwidth are separated by a guard band, the method comprising the steps of: