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Yuzhnoye

UA

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.

gov civilFounded 1951
Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
www.yuzhnoye.com/
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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.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Sep 5, 2023Soviet television reconnaissance satellites

The October 1971 decree assigned the new TGR project to two design bureaus: KB Yuzhnoe and OKB-41.

RelationshipsLegalValue 3.6Sep 5, 2023Soviet television reconnaissance satellites

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.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.6Aug 2, 2023Antares launches Cygnus to ISS

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.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 31, 2023Northrop Grumman prepares for final flight of Antares with Russian and Ukrainian components

Avio, the prime contractor for the Vega rocket, will use a throat insert produced by ArianeGroup to replace the Yuzhnoye component.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 6, 2023Ukrainian government criticizes Vega C investigation

Avio procured the Zefiro-40 throat insert from Ukrainian company Yuzhnoye.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Mar 3, 2023Nozzle erosion blamed for Vega C launch failure

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.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Mar 3, 2023Nozzle erosion blamed for Vega C launch failure

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.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Dec 9, 2022Precious Payload allies with Maritime Launch + adds Canada’s 1st commercial spaceport to the Launch.ctrl marketplace for smallsat interests

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.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 8, 2022Northrop Grumman and Firefly to partner on upgraded Antares

The Antares first stage uses an RD-181 engine manufactured by Russia and a first stage manufactured by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 28, 2022Cygnus departs ISS after reboost test

The Vega C upper stage AVUM uses an RD-843 engine built by Ukrainian company Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 17, 2022ESA weighs options for replacing Soyuz launches

The State Space Agency of Ukraine and the state-run companies Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoe, and Kyiv Radio Plant provide an aggregate of 16,000 jobs.

GrowthRelationshipsValue 3.5Mar 15, 2022Ukrainian space industry players continue work, eye European projects amid war

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.

CapabilityValue 3.0Mar 12, 2022From the archives | An untethered Ukraine seeks new orbits for its space industry

Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket uses RD-181 engines manufactured in Russia and a first stage built by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2Mar 8, 2022The ending of an era in international space cooperation

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.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.5Feb 19, 2022Antares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to ISS

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 18, 2022ISISPACE Group announces the success of ISILAUNCH36 mission with 66 payloads deployed

The Cyclone-4M is developed by Yuzhnoye State Design Office and manufactured by Yuzhmash, both based in Dnipro, Ukraine.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Nov 22, 2021Maritime Launch Services First Payload Services Provider Is Nanoracks — Spaceport Nova Scotia Is ‘Unveiled’
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