КБ Южное имени академика М. К. Янгеля
Yuzhnoye State Design Office, located in Ukraine, is a well-known aerospace engineering and space technology company. Founded in the 1950s, it designs and develops various space systems and launch vehicles, including the Zenit and Cyclone rockets. Yuzhnoye has collaborated with international partners, contributing to projects like Sea Launch, Antares, and Vega. The company also develops remote sensing satellites and related ground control systems.
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KB Yuzhnoe's satellite design required the use of a Proton rocket, while OKB-41 proposed a lighter satellite compatible with a Soyuz-class launch vehicle.
The October 1971 decree assigned the new TGR project to two design bureaus: KB Yuzhnoe and OKB-41.
The Antares 230+ first stage is built by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant and uses RD-181 engines from Russian company NPO Energomash.
Antares 230+ uses a first stage manufactured by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant and RD-181 engines from Russian company NPO Energomash.
Avio, the prime contractor for the Vega rocket, will use a throat insert produced by ArianeGroup to replace the Yuzhnoye component.
Avio procured the Zefiro-40 throat insert from Ukrainian company Yuzhnoye.
Avio selected Yuzhnoye during the Vega C design phase in 2015 to 2017 after concluding other European suppliers could not provide the material in required quantities on a compatible schedule.
Maritime Launch plans to bring the medium-class Cyclone-4M launcher developed by Yuzhnoye and Yuzhmash to Spaceport Nova Scotia with a first launch scheduled for 2025.
Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant produce the Antares first stage that is powered by RD-181 engines from Russia’s NPO Energomash.
The Antares first stage uses an RD-181 engine manufactured by Russia and a first stage manufactured by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash.
The Vega C upper stage AVUM uses an RD-843 engine built by Ukrainian company Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash.
The State Space Agency of Ukraine and the state-run companies Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoe, and Kyiv Radio Plant provide an aggregate of 16,000 jobs.
The October 2014 failure of an Orbital ATK Antares rocket affected Ukraine because the rocket’s first stage was designed and built by Ukrainian firms Yuzhnoye and Yuzhmash.
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket uses RD-181 engines manufactured in Russia and a first stage built by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash.
Antares first stages are built in Ukraine by Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building Plant and are powered by RD-181 engines from Russia’s NPO Energomash.
Sich-2-30 is a microsatellite built and designed by Yuzhnoye State Design Office and mission-managed by ISILAUNCH to provide high-resolution imaging for natural resource monitoring and agricultural support.
The Cyclone-4M is developed by Yuzhnoye State Design Office and manufactured by Yuzhmash, both based in Dnipro, Ukraine.