 Leonov spacewalking outside Voskhod 2 | |
| Mission type | Crewed mission |
|---|---|
| Operator | OKB-1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1965-022A |
| SATCAT no. | 1274 |
| 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")[1] |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 12 minutes, 9 seconds |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 March 1965, 07:00:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Voskhod 11A57 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[2] |
| 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 |
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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]
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