Voskhod 2

Voskhod 2
	Leonov spacewalking outside Voskhod 2
Mission type	Crewed mission
Operator	OKB-1
COSPAR ID	1965-022A
SATCAT no.	01274
Mission duration	1 day, 2 hours, 2 minutes, 17 seconds
Orbits completed	17
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Voskhod-3KD No.4
Manufacturer	Experimental Design Bureau OKB-1
Launch mass	5,682 kilograms (12,527 lb)
Crew
Crew size	2
Members	Pavel Belyayev; Alexei Leonov
Callsign	Алмаз (Almaz – "Diamond")
EVAs	1
EVA duration	12 minutes, 9 seconds
Start of mission
Launch date	18 March 1965, 07:00:00 UTC
Rocket	Voskhod 11A57 (s/n R15000-05)
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Landing date	19 March 1965, 09:02:17 UTC
Landing site	59°34′N 55°28′E / 59.567°N 55.467°E
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	167 kilometres (104 mi)
Apogee altitude	475 kilometres (295 mi)
Inclination	64.8°
Period	90.9 minutes
Epoch	18 March 1965
	Voskhod programme ← Voskhod 1 Kosmos 110 →

Voskhod 2 (Russian: Восход-2, lit. 'Sunrise-2') was a Soviet crewed space mission in March 1965. The Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock. It established another milestone in space exploration when Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave the spacecraft in a specialised spacesuit to conduct a 12-minute spacewalk.^[3]^[4]

^ Yenne, Bill (1988). The Pictorial History of World Spaceflight. Exeter. p. 37. ISBN 0-7917-0188-3.
^ "Baikonur LC1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
^ Burgess, Colin; Hall, Rex (2009). The first Soviet cosmonaut team their lives, legacy, and historical impact (Online-Ausg. ed.). Berlin: Springer. p. 252. ISBN 978-0387848242. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ Grayzeck, Dr. Edwin J. "Voskhod 2". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. National Space Science Data Center. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[Yenne-1] Yenne, Bill (1988). The Pictorial History of World Spaceflight. Exeter. p. 37. ISBN 0-7917-0188-3.

[2] "Baikonur LC1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

[3] Burgess, Colin; Hall, Rex (2009). The first Soviet cosmonaut team their lives, legacy, and historical impact (Online-Ausg. ed.). Berlin: Springer. p. 252. ISBN 978-0387848242. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

[4] Grayzeck, Dr. Edwin J. "Voskhod 2". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. National Space Science Data Center. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

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