KB_Pivdenne Knowpia

Pivdenne Design Office
Type	State owned
Industry	Space industry; Aerospace industry; Defense industry
Predecessors	OKB-586;
Founded	1951
Headquarters	3, Kryvorizka Street, DniproCoordinates: 48°26′14″N 34°57′01″E / 48.437212°N 34.950321°E, Ukraine
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Ballistic missiles, rocket engines, electronics, spacecraft, orbital launch vehicles, satellites
Number of employees	5,500 (2017)
Website	yuzhnoye.com

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 Soviet times 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.

DirectorsEdit

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

ProductsEdit

CurrentEdit

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

Zenit-3SLБ

Ballistic missilesEdit

Hrim-2

Orbital launch vehiclesEdit

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 enginesEdit

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))

PlannedEdit

Orbital launch vehiclesEdit

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

Rocket enginesEdit

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

SatellitesEdit

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

RetiredEdit

Kosmos

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'
RT-23 Molodets ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-24 'Scalpel'

ReferencesEdit

^ 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.