KB Pivdenne

Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, romanized: Derzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im. M. K. Yanhelia, 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.

Pivdenne Design Office
Company typeState owned
IndustrySpace industry
Aerospace industry
Defense industry
Predecessors
  • OKB-586
Founded1951 (1951)
Headquarters3, Kryvorizka Street,
Dnipro48°26′14″N 34°57′01″E
,
Ukraine
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsBallistic missiles, rocket engines, electronics, spacecraft, orbital launch vehicles, satellites
Number of employees
5,500 (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Websiteyuzhnoye.com

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
  • 2010–2020 Oleksandr Dehtiariov[1]

Products

Current
Jubilee Coin "50 Years of the State Design Office "Pivdenne"
Zenit-3SLБ

Ballistic missiles
  • Hrim-2

Orbital launch vehicles

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

Orbital launch vehicles

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

Satellites
  • Sich-2-1
  • Sich-2-M
  • Sich-3-O
  • Sich-3-P
  • YuzhSat
  • YuzhSat-1
  • Mikrosat
  • Ionosat

Retired
Kosmos

See also
  • List of design bureaus in Ukraine

References
  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.


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