Vostok 2, the second crewed Soviet orbital flight, launched Gherman Titov on a Vostok-K from Baikonur Site 1/5 on 6 August 1961. Titov spent about 25 hours and 17 orbits in space—the first full day aloft—and ejected for a separate parachute landing after reentry.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 13 Vostok-K flights
- Date and time
- 6 August 1961, 06:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok-K
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1961-019
- Launches in 1961
- 27th of 50
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