The trio of satellites, named after an all-hearing mythical beast, can track enemy warships, hidden radars and electronic jammers
2-MIN READ2-MINZhang Tongin BeijingPublished: 9:30am, 23 Sep 2026China has just taken a quiet but critical step in space-based electronic warfare.A Lijian-1 Y18 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China at noon on Sunday, carrying nine satellites. Among them were three Diting-01 satellites, which successfully entered their planned orbit.The trio is named after Diting, a beast from Chinese mythology that crouches beneath the desk of Ksitigarbha, the bodhisattva of the underworld, and can identify all things simply by listening.
