KB Pivdenne

{{Short description|Ukrainian rocket and satellite designer}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Pivdenne Design Office

| logo = Логотип_КБ_"Південне".png

| type = State owned

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| industry = Aerospace, defense

| predecessors = OKB-586, SDO Yuzhnoye

| founded = {{start date and age|1951}}

| founder = Mikhail Yangel

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| hq_location_city = Dnipro{{coord|48.437212|34.950321|type:landmark|format=dms|display=title}}

| hq_location_country = Ukraine

| area_served = Worldwide

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| website = [http://www.yuzhnoye.com/en/home/ yuzhnoye.com]

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The Pivdenne Design Office ({{langx|uk|Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, {{small|abbr.}} Державне КБП|Derzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im. M. K. Yanhelia, {{small|abbr.}} Derzhavne KB Pivdenne|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 {{ill|Stanislav Konyukhov|uk|Конюхов Станіслав Миколайович}}
  • 2010–2020 {{ill|Oleksandr Dehtiariov|uk|Дегтярев Олександр Вікторович}}[https://ukranews.com/en/news/741046-zelenskyy-initiates-assignment-of-title-of-hero-of-ukraine-to-director-general-of-yuzhnoye-design 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 lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/11/27/7275108/ Zelensky awarded the title of Hero to the CEO of "Southern", who died of coronavirus], Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2020)

Products

= Current =

==Ballistic missiles==

==Orbital launch vehicles==

==Rocket engines==

= Planned =

==Orbital launch vehicles==

  • Tsyklon rocket family
  • Cyclone-4M – first launch planned for 2023{{cite web |last=Willick |first=Frances |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/canso-spaceport-secures-funding-aims-for-first-launch-2022-1.6023222 |title=Canso spaceport secures $10.5M, aims for first launch next year |work=CBC News |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=14 May 2021}}
  • Mayak rocket family

==Rocket engines==

==Satellites==

=Retired=

File:Kosmos rocket.jpg

  • 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'{{Cite web |date=2021-06-29 |title=КБ Южное сейчас практически остановлено, - нардеп Кисилевский |url=http://uaprom.info/news/178768-kb-yuzhnoe-sejchas-prakticheski-ostanovleno-nardep-kisilevskij.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629183106/http://uaprom.info/news/178768-kb-yuzhnoe-sejchas-prakticheski-ostanovleno-nardep-kisilevskij.html |archive-date=2021-06-29 }}
  • RT-23 Molodets ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-24 'Scalpel'

See also

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