The Pivdenne Design Office (), 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 2010–2020 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) Zelensky awarded the title of Hero to the CEO of "Southern", who died of coronavirus, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2020)
Products
Current
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-861K RD-866 RD-868 Steering engines RD-8 RD-855 RD-856 Thrusters Tsyklon-3 thruster () Tsyklon-3 thruster () Okean-O thruster () Tsyklon-4 thruster ()
Planned
Orbital launch vehicles Tsyklon rocket family Cyclone-4M – first launch planned for 2023 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' RT-23 Molodets ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-24 'Scalpel'
See also List of design bureaus in Ukraine
References
External links Company home page