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Yuzhnoe Design Bureau (KBYu)

Konstruktorskoye byuro "Yuzhnoe"

Contact Information

Key Officials

Background

The Design Bureau originated from design subdivisions of the Plant #586, which was initially a serial production facility for ballistic missiles, developed by NII-88. In 1954 the independent Experimental Design Bureau #586 (OKB-586) was established on premises of the these subdivisions. In 1965 OKB-586 was transferred to newly established Ministry of General Machine-building of USSR (MOM) and was renamed to Yuzhnoye ("Southern") Design Bureau.

In 1986 KB Yuzhnoe, PO "Yuzhnyi Machine-building Plant and Dnepropetrovsk Branch of Science and Research Institute of Machine-building Technology were united into Yuzhnoe Science and Production Assn. (NPO). In January 1989 KB Yuzhnoe was transferred to complete independent accounting and financing ("khozraschet"). That essentially meant, that Association of KBYu and YuMZ became defunct, even if it had not been formally disbanded.

After breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 KBYu reports to the Ministry of Machine-building, Military Industrial Complex and Conversion of Ukraine.

Leadership
The bureau was headed by Mikhil Kuz'mich Yangel' since 1954 till his death in 1971. Since 1971 till 1990 the Design Bureau was headed by Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin, who was a deputy under Yangel. In 1990 Utkin was transferred to become the Director of the Central Scientific Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIImash) and was succeeded by Stanislav Nikolaevich Konyukhov as a General Designer of KBYu.

Main Activity

• development of satellites;
• development of rockets;
• development of engines and engine assemblies;

Projects participated

• Ballistic missiles
  • R-12 (SS-4) IRBM
  • R-14 (SS-5) IRBM
  • R-16 (SS-7) ICBM
  • R-26 ICBM - abandoned,
  • R-36 (SS-9) and all its follow-on modifications
  • RT-20P (SS-X-15) - canceled
  • MR UR-100 (SS-17)
  • R-36M (SS-18) and its follow-on modifications
  • SS-24 solid-fueled ICBM
    After breakup of USSR work on ballistic missiles discontinued
• Space launch vehicles
  • 63S1/ Kosmos (SL-7)
  • 65S3/ Kosmos (SL-8)
  • in early 1960 proposed R-56 heavy lift booster, but this project was abandoned in favor of N-1.
  • 11K69/Tsiklon-2 (SL-11) and 11K68/Tsiklon-3 (SL-14) (derived from SS-9)
  • 11K77 Zenit (SL-16)
  • In 1992 Draft Design of Space Clipper space launch complex, based on SS-24 hardware, was developed.
• Satellites
  • several dozens of types of DS small satellites for scientific and military purposes
  • Okean oceanographic satellites. In 1995 one Okean was orbited under name 'Sich-1' as the first satellite of independent Ukraine.
  • AUOS series of Automated Universal Orbiting Stations
  In addition to that, Yuzhnoe developed propulsion module for LK lunar lander (Block Ye of the N1-L3 complex)

Currently
KBYu participates in the following projects:

• Okean-O oceanographic satellite (delayed for many years, currently planned to debute in 1998);
• Koronas-F solar observation satellite (delayed for many years);
• Zenit-3SL three-stage launcher for Sea Launch project;
• Dnepr launch vehicle (converted SS-18 ICBM);

Organizational Structure

• Design Bureau #2, created in 1967, is intended for development of construction documentation of missiles.
• Design Bureau #3, created in 1965, develops satellites.
• Design Bureau #4 - engines
• Design Bureau #5, established in 1968 - for instruments and drives
• Design Bureau #8, established in 1968 - for tractors

International Cooperation

Yuzhnoe KB participates in Sea Launch project and, jointly with YuMZ holds 15% in Sea Launch LDC.

References

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