KB Pivdenne

Pivdenne Design Office
Company typeState owned
IndustryAerospace, defense
PredecessorsOKB-586
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
FounderMikhail Yangel
Headquarters
Dnipro48°26′14″N 34°57′01″E / 48.437212°N 34.950321°E / 48.437212; 34.950321
,
Ukraine
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
5,500 (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Websiteyuzhnoye.com

Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, romanizedDerzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im. M. K. Yanhelia, 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.

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.