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The State Factory "Production Union Pivdennyi Machine-Building Plant named after state-owned factory.
Pivdenmash produces
History
Pivdenmash operated initially as "plant 586" in the
Missiles produced at Pivdenmash included the first nuclear armed Soviet rocket
After the beginning of
In addition to production facilities in Dnipro, Pivdenne Production Association includes the Pavlohrad Mechanical Plant, which specializes in producing solid-fuel missiles. Pivdenmash's importance was further bolstered by its links to Ukraine's former President Leonid Kuchma, who worked at Pivdenmash between 1975 and 1992. He was the plant's general manager from 1986 to 1991.[citation needed]
In February 2015, following a year of strained relations, Russia announced that it would sever its "joint program with Ukraine to launch Dnepr rockets and [was] no longer interested in buying Ukrainian Zenit boosters, deepening problems for [Ukraine's] space program and its struggling Pivdenmash factory".[2] With the loss of Russian business some thought that the only hope for the company was increased international business which seemed unlikely in the time frame available.[3] Bankruptcy seemed certain as of February 2015, but was averted.[3]
On 14 August 2017, the Institute of International Strategic Studies issued a report presenting evidence that "North Korea has acquired a high-performance liquid-propellant engine from illicit networks in Russia and Ukraine", likely produced by Pivdenmash facilities.[4] Both the company [5] and the Ukrainian government[6] denied the allegation.
An Antares launch vehicle using a Pivdenmash core[
In February–March 2018, Pivdenmash announced plans to develop a testing platform for Hyperloop technology developed by Elon Musk and was scheduled for completion in 2019 in Dnipro.[9] Thought the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine later cancelled this the "absurd" project.[10] Even so, by 2021, the group was reported to have partnerships with 23 countries, including Saudi Arabia.[11]
In July 2022, during the
General Directors
- Oleksandr Makarov (1961 - 1986)
- Leonid Kuchma (1986 - 1992)
- Yuriy Alekseyev (1992 - 2005)
- Viktor Shchegol (2005 - 2014)
- Sergei Voit (2014 - present)
Structure
- Factory of missile and aviation aggregates (created in 2010 through organization)
- Pavlohrad Mechanical Factory (located in Pavlohrad)
- Dnipro Tractor Factory
- Factory of Technological Equipment
- Production Complex "Metalurhiya"
- Production Complex "Pivdenmashenergo"
- Construction and Installation Complex
- Sports Complex Meteor
- Social and domestic administration
- Sanatoriums "Dubrava" (Bila Tserkva) and "Druzhba" (Alushta), Hotel Pivdennyi, Mashynobudivnykiv Palace of Culture
- Airline Pivdenmashavia
Military and space industry
Pivdenmash is known for its military and space industry products, and earned the city of Dnipro the nickname of "Rocket City".
Missiles
The company had been the key missile producer for Soviet ICBM and space exploration programs. Historic and Pivdenmash launch systems included:
- the R-5 Pobeda — the Soviet Union's first nuclear armed missile
- the R-12 Dvina theatre ballistic missile
- the R-14 Chusovaya theatre ballistic missile
- the R-16 — the first widely deployed ICBM of the Soviet Union
- the R-36 (8K67) ICBM
- the RT-20P, the first mobile ICBM (not deployed)
- the R-36orb, the first ICBM with orbital warhead (not deployed)
- the R-36M ICBM family (converted to Dnepr rocket)
- the MR-UR-100 Sotka ICBM family
- the 15A11 missile for Perimeter system
- the RT-23 Molodets ICBM family
- the Hrim-2 mobile short-range ballistic missile system
Space launch vehicles
- Kosmos[citation needed]
- Dnepr
- Tsyklon (based on R-36/8K67)[citation needed]
- Zenit
- Boosters for Energia (based on Zenit first stage)[citation needed]
Rocket engines
Automatic nuclear-control system
- Dead Hand — A similar system existed in the U.S. known as the Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS)
Vehicles manufacturing
Created in 1944 as Dnipropetrovsk Tractor Factory, it was later expanded.
Trolleybuses
- YuMZ T1(1992–2008)
- YuMZ T2(1993–2008)
- YuMZ T2.09(1998–2007)
- YuMZ E186(2005–2006)
- Dnipro T103(2013–present)
- Dnipro T203(2017–present)
Tractors
- YuMZ-2 (1954–1958)
- YuMZ-5 (1957–1962)
- YuMZ-6 (1971–2001)
- YuMZ 8040.2
- YuMZ 8244.2
- YuMZ 8080
See also
- Pivdenne Design Bureau– major missile designer closely co-operating with Pivdenmash
- State Space Agency of Ukraine
References
- ^ Inside 'Satan's' Lair: The Lock-Tight Ukrainian Rocket Plant At Center Of Tech-Leak Scandal
- ^ Messier, Doug (6 February 2015). "Russia Severing Ties With Ukraine on Dnepr, Zenit Launch Programs". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ a b Doug Messier (10 February 2015). "Ukraine Space Industry on Verge of Collapse". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ Elleman, Michael. "The secret to North Korea's ICBM success". iiss.org. International Institute for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "The refutation of publication of The New York Times". yuzhmash.com. PA Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant named after A. Makarov. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Oleksandr Turchynov: Ukrainian defense-industrial complex did not supply weapons and military technology to North Korea". National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Henry, Caleb (18 October 2016). "Orbital ATK's Antares Returns to Flight Using RD-181 Engines". satellitetoday.com. Via Satellite. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Zenit delivers Angosat-1, but the spacecraft breaks contact with ground control". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Xuequan, Mu. "Ukraine to launch testing platform for Hyperloop: minister". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "There will be no hyper-hole in Ukraine - Krykliy". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia's National Building sets up unit of Ukrainian aerospace firm Yuzhmash". Arab News. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Missile strike on Ukraine space plant in Dnipro kills three". BBC News. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Russian missiles pound Ukrainian energy facilities and defence plant". reuters.com. 17 November 2022.