The Space Force expects to launch its first ground moving target indicator satellites in the next year — but until then, it’s working to craft operational concepts and experiment with enabling technologies that will shape the future constellation.

The service has been working closely with the intelligence community to develop a framework for managing a layered moving target indicator capability that pulls data from space sensors and other sources and feeds it to operators to better track threats on the ground — a mission that’s typically been conducted by aircraft .

As part of that effort, the Space Force and its partners in the National Reconnaissance Office and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency have launched systems like low-end radars and electro-optical sensors that wil

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