24-555: The State Factory "Production Union Southern Machine-Building Plant named after O.M. Makarov " , officially abbreviated as Pivdenmash ( Ukrainian : Південмаш ) and previously as Yuzhmash ( Russian : Южмаш ) (meaning "Southern Mechanical Engineering"), is a Ukrainian state-owned aerospace manufacturer. Prior to 1991, it was a Soviet state-owned factory. Pivdenmash produces spacecraft , launch vehicles (rockets), liquid-propellant rockets , landing gears , castings , forgings , tractors, tools, and industrial products. The company
48-577: A deceased Space Shuttle commander. Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131 . The COTS demonstration mission was successfully conducted in September 2013, and Orbital commenced operational ISS cargo missions under the Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) program with two missions in 2014. Regrettably, the third operational mission, Cygnus Orb-3 ,
72-470: A new first stage developed by Firefly Aerospace and the existing second stage from the Antares 230+. Pivdenmash will no longer be involved in the design or manufacturing of this vehicle. On November 21, 2024, the infrastructure was struck by a Russian non-nuclear IRBM ( Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile ). Pivdenmash is known for its military and space industry products, and earned the city of Dnipro
96-434: A second Atlas V launch of Cygnus in 2016. The company plans three Cygnus missions in 2016, in the first ( Cygnus CRS OA-6 ), third (Cygnus CRS OA-5) and fourth quarters ( Cygnus OA-7 ) of 2016. The Cygnus OA-5 and OA-7 will fly on the new Antares 230 and OA-6 will fly on second Atlas V in first quarter of 2016. These three missions enable Orbital ATK to fulfill their CRS contracted payload obligation. This particular mission
120-629: Is headquartered in Dnipro , and reports to the State Space Agency of Ukraine . It works with international aerospace partners in 23 countries. Pivdenmash operated initially as "plant 586" in the Soviet Union . In 1954, Soviet aviation engineer Mikhail Yangel established the autonomous design bureau designated OKB-586 , from the former chief designer's division of plant 586. Yangel had previously headed OKB-1 (today RKK Energiya ) and
144-611: Is known as OA-5 . Production and integration of Cygnus spacecraft is performed in Dulles, Virginia. The Cygnus service module is mated with the pressurized cargo module at the launch site, and mission operations are conducted from control centers in Dulles, Virginia and Houston , Texas . This was the sixth of ten flights by Orbital ATK under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA . This
168-718: The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine later cancelled this as an "absurd" project. Even so, by 2021, the group was reported to have partnerships with 23 countries, including Saudi Arabia. In July 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the Pivdenmash facility in Dnipro was struck by a Russian long-range cruise missile attack. The plant was targeted again during the October–November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine on 17 November 2022. On August 1, 2023,
192-498: The NPO Energomash RD-181 engine, which has since performed flawlessly. In December 2017, after a two-year hiatus, the final Zenit launch vehicle was launched by Roscosmos from Baikonur Cosmodrome to deliver AngoSat 1 . 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 , though
216-544: The Prime Minister in 1992, and later President of Ukraine in 1994. 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
240-700: The R-36 (SS-9 'Scarp'), the MR-UR-100 Sotka (SS-17 'Spanker'), and the R-36M (SS-18 'Satan'). During the Soviet era, the plant was capable of producing of up to 120 ICBMs a year. In the late 1980s, Pivdenmash was selected to be the main production facility of the RT-2PM2 Topol-M ICBM (SS-27 "Sickle B"). After the beginning of perestroika , demand for military production declined significantly, and
264-622: The International Space Station (ISS). Under the Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) program, Orbital designed and built Antares, a medium-class launch vehicle; Cygnus, an advanced maneuvering spacecraft; and a Pressurized Cargo Module which is provided by Orbital's industrial partner Thales Alenia Space. The Cygnus spacecraft for this mission is named the S.S. Alan Poindexter in honor to astronaut Alan G. Poindexter ,
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#1732787324870288-406: The Pivdenmash product line was expanded to include non-military uses such as civilian machinery . One line of products added after 1992 are trolleybuses . Models include the articulated YuMZ T1 (1992–2008), its non-articulated brother YuMZ T2 (1993–2008) and more modern YuMZ E-186 (2005–2006) which features a low floor cabin. Leonid Kuchma , long-time chief manager (1986–1992) of the company, became
312-573: The company and the Ukrainian government denied the allegation. In October 2016, An Antares 230 launch vehicle using a Pivdenmash core launched the Cygnus OA-5 mission from Wallops Island to deliver supplies to the ISS . This was Antares' return-to-flight following the failed Cygnus Orb-3 mission nearly two years earlier, resulting from a faulty AJ-26 engine. The vehicle was modified to utilize
336-685: The final Antares 230+ lifted off from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with Cygnus NG-19 to resupply the International Space Station . Owing to engine unavailability and the inability of Pivdenmash to produce further first stages due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict , future Cygnus spacecraft will initially be launched aboard SpaceX 's Falcon 9 launcher before transitioning to the Antares 330 . This vehicle uses
360-411: The nickname of "Rocket City". The company had been the key missile producer for Soviet ICBM and space exploration programs. Historic and Pivdenmash launch systems included: Created in 1944 as Dnipropetrovsk Tractor Factory, it was later expanded. Aleksandr M. Makarov Oleksandr Maksymovych Makarov ( Ukrainian : Олександр Максимович Макаров ; September 12, 1906 – October 9, 1999)
384-566: The only hope for the company was increased international business which seemed unlikely in the time frame available. Bankruptcy seemed certain as of February 2015, but was averted. 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. Both
408-610: Was a Soviet and Ukrainian rocket engineer and General Director of PA Pivdenmash from 1961 to 1986, Laureate of Lenin and State Awards, twice Hero of Socialist Labour , Honored Mechanical Engineer of the Ukrainian SSR, holder of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise , and Honorary Citizen of Dnepropetrovsk. His memorial bust is located in a public town square in Dnipro . Cygnus OA-5 OA-5 , previously known as Orbital-5 ,
432-541: Was announced that OA-7 was being delayed until March 2017 and switched from the Antares launch vehicle to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to provide additional cargo up mass for NASA. In 2015, under the NASA CRS-1 contract, Orbital Sciences was awarded three extension flights for 2017 and 2018. The Cygnus CRS OA-8E flight has tentatively been scheduled for 12 June 2017, followed by Cygnus OA-9E later that year and OA-10E in 2018. Cargo vehicle scheduling
456-510: Was not successful due to spectacular Antares failure during launch. The company decided to discontinue the Antares 100 series and accelerate the introduction of a new propulsion system. The Antares system is being upgraded with newly built RD-181 first stage engines to provide greater payload performance and increased reliability. In late 2014, Orbital Sciences contracted United Launch Alliance for an Atlas V launch of Cygnus CRS OA-4 in late 2015 from Cape Canaveral , Florida , and with
480-475: Was primarily a supporter of storable propellant technology – unlike Sergei Korolev at OKB-1, who was a supporter of missiles using cryogenic propellants. To pursue development of ballistic missiles using storable liquid propellants, Mikhail Yangel had received authorization to convert the chief designer's division of the plant into an autonomous design bureau. Following this, OKB-586 was designated Southern Design Bureau (better known as KB Pivdenne ) and plant 586
504-573: Was renamed Southern Machine-Building Plant in 1966, with a focus on the design and production of ballistic missiles. The plant was later renamed Southern Machine-Building Production Union, or Yuzhmash (Ukraine). Missiles produced at Pivdenmash included the first nuclear armed Soviet rocket R-5M (SS-3 'Shyster'), the R-12 Dvina (SS-4 'Sandal'), the R-14 Chusovaya (SS-5 'Skean'), the first widely deployed Soviet ICBM R-16 (SS-7 'Saddler'),
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#1732787324870528-415: Was the plant's general manager from 1986 to 1991. 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". With the loss of Russian business some thought that
552-472: Was the seventh planned flight of the Orbital Sciences' uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA . The mission launched on 17 October 2016 at 23:45:36 UTC . Orbital Sciences and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to provide commercial cargo resupply services to
576-715: Was the third flight of the Enhanced sized Cygnus PCM. The mission successfully launched on 17 October 2016, 23:45 UTC. In keeping with an Orbital ATK tradition, this Cygnus spacecraft is named the S.S. Alan Poindexter after the NASA astronaut who flew aboard the Space Shuttle twice (2008 and 2010). Total cargo mass on ascent: 2,425 kg (5,346 lb) NASA had planned the next Cygnus flight, Cygnus CRS OA-7 , for 30 December 2016. However, in October 2016, it
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