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KB Pivdenne

KB Pivdenne is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand KB Pivdenne rather than just read about it. In short: The Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, abbr. Державне КБП, romanized: Derzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im. M.

Key takeaways

KB Pivdenne belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect KB Pivdenne to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of KB Pivdenne from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, abbr. Державне КБП, romanized: Derzhavne konstruktorske biuro "Pivdenne" im. M. K. Yanhelia, abbr. Derzhavne KB Pivdenne, 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.

Directors 1954–1971 Mikhail Yangel 1971–1991 Vladimir Utkin 1991–2010 Stanislav Konyukhov 2010–2020 Oleksandr Dehtiariov

Products

Current

Ballistic missiles Hrim-2

Orbital launch vehicles Zenit rocket family Zenit-2 Zenit-2M Zenit-3F Zenit-3SL Zenit-3SLB Antares first stage core, in cooperation with Orbital Sciences Corporation Dnepr, converted R-36 ICBM R-36 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-18 'Satan'

Rocket engines Main engines RD-843 RD-853 RD-859 RD-860 RD-861K RD-866 RD-868 Steering engines RD-8 RD-855 RD-856 Thrusters Tsyklon-3 thruster (30 N (6.7 lbf)) Tsyklon-3 thruster (100 N (22 lbf)) Okean-O thruster (30 N (6.7 lbf)) Tsyklon-4 thruster (30 N (6.7 lbf))

Planned

Orbital launch vehicles Tsyklon rocket family Cyclone-4M – first launch planned for 2023 Mayak rocket family

Rocket engines Main engines RD-801 RD-809 RD-809K RD-810 DU-802

Satellites Sich-2-1 Sich-2-M Sich-3-O Sich-3-P YuzhSat YuzhSat-1 Mikrosat Ionosat

Retired

Tsyklon rocket family Tsyklon 2 Tsyklon-3 Kosmos-2I Kosmos-3M R-12 Dvina TBM, NATO reporting name SS-4 'Sandal' R-14 Chusovaya ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-5 'Skean' R-16 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-7 'Saddler' (see also Nedelin catastrophe) R-26 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-8 'Sasin' R-36 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-9 'Scarp' RT-20 ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-15 'Scrooge' (planned but never deployed) MR-UR-100 Sotka ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-17 'Spanker' RT-23 Molodets ICBM, NATO reporting name SS-24 'Scalpel'

See also List of design bureaus in Ukraine

References

External links Company home page Archived 2021-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

Illustrations

KB Pivdenne: Jubilee Coin "50 Years of the State Design Office "Pivdenne" — Jubilee Coin "50 Years of the State Design Office "Pivdenne"

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with KB Pivdenne

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what KB Pivdenne claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to KB Pivdenne before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about KB Pivdenne ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of KB Pivdenne

In research: KB Pivdenne appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses KB Pivdenne in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: KB Pivdenne is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1951 establishments in Ukraine, 1951 establishments in the Soviet Union, Aeronautical company stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for KB Pivdenne outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study KB Pivdenne in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what KB Pivdenne means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain KB Pivdenne out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is KB Pivdenne in simple terms?

Why does KB Pivdenne matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study KB Pivdenne?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on KB Pivdenne.