Private company

Pivdenne Design Office

The Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, abbr. Державне КБП, romanized: Derzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1951Founded1
  • Industryaerospace engineering, aerospace industry1
  • HeadquartersДніпро1
  • Websitewww.yuzhnoye.com/en/home
  • Legal formstate-owned enterprise1

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The Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, abbr. Державне КБП, romanized: Derzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im. M. K. Yanhelia, abbr. Derzhavne KB Pivdenne, 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-586.2

The story

Founded by Mikhail Yangel in 1951.1

Leadership

Who has led Pivdenne Design Office, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • ballistic missile

Listed on Wikidata.1

Ballistic missiles

Hrim-2

Orbital launch vehicles

Zenit rocket family

Zenit-2

Zenit-2M

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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

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

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'

From Wikipedia’s article on KB Pivdenne, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20175,5001

Timeline

  1. 1951Founded Founded1

Sources

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