🔴 Misión tripulada SHENZHOU 19 de CHINA (Long March 2F/G) • Directo en español

Video from the channel Frontera Espacial about Long March 2F/G, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 45:02. Language: Spanish. Video type: Livestream.

Live broadcast in Spanish of the launch of the Chinese crewed mission Shenzhou 19 on a Long March 2F/G rocket, commented by three presenters from the Frontera Espacial channel over the official Chinese feed. The commentators explain that it is possibly the last crewed mission of the year and that it carries three astronauts to the Chinese space station, not to the International Space Station. During the wait they describe the Shenzhou spacecraft, whose return capsule they compare to the Soyuz, and the modular service tower that retracts from the sides of the rocket before liftoff. Of the launch vehicle they say it belongs to the Long March 2 family of the state corporation CASC and that it has two stages and strap-on boosters with YF-20B engines. They add that it uses hypergolic propellants, toxic, which ignite on contact and leave a characteristic colored cloud. They also note that the boosters' nozzles are angled slightly outward.

After the countdown and the crew's military salute, the broadcast follows the ascent phases: separation of the escape tower, the boosters and the first stage, jettison of the payload fairing and, finally, separation of the spacecraft from the second stage, followed by the deployment of the solar panels. Between phases, footage of the cabin and of the station itself is interspersed, with its crew shown following the launch. The presenters answer chat questions about the official Chinese name for the astronauts, yuhangyuan, which they translate as universe navigators; about the station's altitude, which they put at around 390 km versus about 410 km for the ISS; about the function of the solar panels, and about the use of paper manuals on board. They highlight that one of the crew members is China's first female flight engineer.

The launch proceeds without incident and the commentators consider it a success, with the correct trajectory toward the station, which they calculate the spacecraft will reach in about six and a half hours. They also mention that the return of the Shenzhou 18 crew was scheduled for November 3rd. The broadcast ends with live footage of Starship's Ship 33, prepared for its first cryogenic test.