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Pivdenne Design Office

Logo: https://www.yuzhnoye.com/ua/home/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Ukrainian rocket and satellite designer

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.2 It employed 5,500 people in 2017.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 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

Corporate structure

Pivdenne Design Office sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Pivdenne Design Office Дніпро

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Pivdenne Design Office reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

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 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20175,5001

Timeline

  1. 1951Founded Founded1

Sources

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