KB Pivdenne

Ukrainian rocket and satellite designer

48°26′14″N 34°57′01″E / 48.437212°N 34.950321°E / 48.437212; 34.950321

Ukraine

Area served

WorldwideProductsBallistic missiles, rocket engines, electronics, spacecraft, orbital launch vehicles, satellites

Number of employees

5,500 (2017)

Websiteyuzhnoye.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 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

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

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". web.archive.org. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2024-05-15.