The US Space Force plans to launch satellites that can track vehicles and ships within the next year, said Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber, and nuclear, Defense One reports.

The ground moving target indicator mission (GMTI) is a joint effort between the Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office to help the military track targets on the ground from space—a mission handled until 2023 by the aging, airborne E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet.

The service has already launched some “initial satellites” to enable GMTI, such as radar satellites and communications satellites to allow the satellites to transfer data, but the “actual GMTI satellites” will launch in the next year, said Burt.

Once operational, Burt said the GMTI capability will be deployed first to a squadron in Indo-Pacific Command, then to other combatant commands.

But Burt declined to say how many satellites will be in the constellation, citing classification.