KB Pivdenne

Company type	State owned
Industry	Aerospace, defense
Predecessors	OKB-586, SDO Yuzhnoye
Founded	1951; 74 years ago
Founder	Mikhail Yangel
Headquarters	Dnipro48°26′14″N 34°57′01″E / 48.437212°N 34.950321°E, Ukraine
Area served	Worldwide
Number of employees	5,500 (2017)
Website	yuzhnoye.com
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The Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, abbr. Державне КБП, romanized: Derzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im. M. K. Yanhelia, abbr. Derzhavne KB Pivdenne, lit. 'State design bureau "Southern", named after M. K. Yangel'), located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), established by Mikhail Yangel. During the Soviet era, the bureau's OKB designation was OKB-586.

The company is in close co-operation with the PA Pivdenmash multi-product machine-building company, also situated in Dnipro. Pivdenmash is the main manufacturer of the models developed by Pivdenne Design Office.

Directors

1954–1971 Mikhail Yangel
1971–1991 Vladimir Utkin
1991–2010 Stanislav Konyukhov [uk]
2010–2020 Oleksandr Dehtiariov [uk]^[1]

Products

Current

Jubilee Coin "50 Years of the State Design Office "Pivdenne"

Ballistic missiles

Hrim-2

Orbital launch vehicles

Zenit rocket family
- Zenit-2
- Zenit-2M
- Zenit-3F
- Zenit-3SL
- Zenit-3SLB
Antares first stage core, in cooperation with Orbital Sciences Corporation
Dnepr, converted R-36 ICBM
R-36 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-18 'Satan'

Rocket engines

Main engines
- RD-843
- RD-853
- RD-859
- RD-860 [uk]
- RD-861K
- RD-866
- RD-868
Steering engines
- RD-8
- RD-855
- RD-856
Thrusters
- Tsyklon-3 thruster (30 N (6.7 lb_f))
- Tsyklon-3 thruster (100 N (22 lb_f))
- Okean-O thruster (30 N (6.7 lb_f))
- Tsyklon-4 thruster (30 N (6.7 lb_f))

Planned

Orbital launch vehicles

Tsyklon rocket family
- Cyclone-4M – first launch planned for 2023^[2]
Mayak rocket family

Rocket engines

Main engines
- RD-801
- RD-809
- RD-809K
- RD-810
- DU-802

Satellites

Retired

Tsyklon rocket family
- Tsyklon 2
- Tsyklon-3
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-3M
R-12 Dvina TBM, NATO reporting name SS-4 'Sandal'
R-14 Chusovaya ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-5 'Skean'
R-16 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-7 'Saddler' (see also Nedelin catastrophe)
R-26 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-8 'Sasin'
R-36 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-9 'Scarp'
RT-20 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-15 'Scrooge' (planned but never deployed)
MR-UR-100 Sotka ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-17 'Spanker'^[3]
RT-23 Molodets ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-24 'Scalpel'

References

^ Zelenskyy Initiates Assignment Of Title Of Hero Of Ukraine To Director General Of Pivdenne Design Bureau Dehtiariov Who Died Of Coronavirus, Ukrainian News Agency (26 November 2020)
(in Ukrainian) Zelensky awarded the title of Hero to the CEO of "Southern", who died of coronavirus, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2020)
^ Willick, Frances (12 May 2021). "Canso spaceport secures $10.5M, aims for first launch next year". CBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "КБ Южное сейчас практически остановлено, - нардеп Кисилевский". 2021-06-29. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

External links

Company home page Archived 2021-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Zelenskyy Initiates Assignment Of Title Of Hero Of Ukraine To Director General Of Pivdenne Design Bureau Dehtiariov Who Died Of Coronavirus, Ukrainian News Agency (26 November 2020)
(in Ukrainian) Zelensky awarded the title of Hero to the CEO of "Southern", who died of coronavirus, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2020)

[2] Willick, Frances (12 May 2021). "Canso spaceport secures $10.5M, aims for first launch next year". CBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[3] "КБ Южное сейчас практически остановлено, - нардеп Кисилевский". 2021-06-29. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

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