STORY: Launch of Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship a complete success: CMSA
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 30, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:47
LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the launching process

STORYLINE:

The launch of the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship is a complete success, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

China on Wednesday launched the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship, sending three astronauts - including the country's first female space engineer - to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission.

The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off at 4:27 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, said the CMSA.

About 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-19 spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit, the CMSA said.

The spaceship will then perform a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station core module Tianhe in about 6.5 hours, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft.

Shenzhou-19 is the 33rd flight mission of China's manned space program and the fourth manned mission during the application and development stage of China's space station.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jiuquan, China.
(XHTV)