Kymeta reports demonstrating four concurrent beams in Ku- and Ka-band frequencies with a single antenna aperture. Photo: Kymeta

Kymeta is working toward releasing the first prototypes this year of its multi-band, multi-orbit single aperture user terminal in development. 

Called the KuKa 8 Series, Kymeta says it is the first mult-band, multi-orbit single aperture antenna — meaning that a single aperture antenna is able to transmit and receive both Ka-band and Ku-band beams simultaneously.

The terminal is designed to seamlessly switch across satellite networks spanning multiple orbits and frequency bands, and enable simultaneous access to multiple constellations. Kymeta will utilize a multi-vendor, “constellation-agnostic” connectivity strategy.

This comes after the company demonstrated the multi-band breakthrough in a lab demonstration in mid-2025. 

Kymeta said Monday it is working to release its first terminal prototypes to key customers from mid-year 2026, and plans for commercial availability in 2027. The initial market focus is on U.S. and allied partners in the national security community, including defense primes, for communications on the move, including maritime mobility. 

The terminal dimensions are 35.4 inches long, by 35.4 inches wide, and 3.9 inches thick. 

“This is a step-change in capability. Where customers previously had to integrate multiple terminals to access different networks, let alone at the same time, the Kymeta KuKa 8 Series delivers that capability in a single system, reducing antenna footprint by around 44% while significantly improving SWaP,” Ryan Stevenson, chief scientist at Kymeta, said in a statement.