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Pivdenne Design Office

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The Pivdenne Design Office, located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles. It was established by Mikhail Yangel, and during the Soviet era the bureau OKB designation was OKB-586.

Facts
Agency Type
State-owned Ukrainian design bureau for satellites and launch vehicles, formerly a Soviet-era design bureau for intercontinental ballistic missiles (OKB-586) 1
Founded Year
1954 1
Wikipedia Directors list begins in 1954 with founder Mikhail Yangel; the article gives no separate founding-year statement.
Headquarters
Dnipro, Ukraine 1
Head
Oleksandr Dehtiariov (director, 2010 to 2020, most recent listed) 1
Wikipedia Directors list ends in 2020 with no successor named in this source.
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Annual Budget
Not disclosed
No public annual budget figure found in the sourced material.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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  • KB Pivdenne, lead section (after title parenthetical)
    located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), established by Mikhail Yangel.
  • KB Pivdenne, Directors section, first entry
    1954-1971 Mikhail Yangel
  • KB Pivdenne, Directors section, last entry
    2010-2020 Oleksandr Dehtiariov
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