2 rocket ready for launch at baikonur . native name romanized name yuzhmash type state owned enterprise industry launch vehicles strategic missiles rocket engines spacecrafts landing gears tractors castings forgings founded july 21 1944 ; 72 years ago 1944 07 21 in dnipropetrovsk ukraine headquarters 1 krivorozhskaya street dnipropetrovsk ukraine key people sergii n. voyt general director products zenit dnepr tsyklon 4 rd 843 r 36 parent state space agency of ukraine website http www.yuzhmash.com the production association yuzhny machine building plant named after a.m. makarov pa pivdenmash or pa yuzhmash ukrainian . . is a ukrainian state owned aerospace manufacturer . it produces spacecrafts launch vehicles rockets liquid propellant rockets landing gears castings forgings tractors tools and industrial products . the company is headquartered in dnipropetrovsk and reports to the state space agency of ukraine . it works with international aerospace partners in 23 countries . contents 1 history 2 today 3 products 3.1 missiles 3.2 space launch vehicles 4 civil products 4.1 trolleybuses 4.2 tractors 5 see also 6 external links 7 references history edit yuzhmash operated initially as plant 586 in the soviet union . in 1954 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 was primarily a supporter of liquid fuel technology unlike sergei korolev at okb 1 who was a supporter of missiles using cryogenic fuels . to pursue development of ballistic missiles using storable liquid fuels 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 pivdenne and plant 586 was renamed southern machine building plant in 1966 with an focus on the design and production of ballistic missiles . the plant was later renamed southern machine building production union or pivdenmash . missiles produced at yuzhmash 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 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 yuzhmash 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 the yuzhmash 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 the prime minister in 1992 and later president of ukraine in 1994 . today edit in addition to production facilities in dnipropetrovsk pivdenne production association includes the pavlohrad mechanical plant which specialized 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 yuzhmash factory . 1 the firm imposed a two month unpaid vacation on its workers in january 2015 . with the loss of russian business 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 . 2 as of october 2015 the company was over 4 months late on payroll . the employees worked only once per week the last space related product were shipped in early 2014 . 2014 revenues in severely depreciated ukrainian hrivnas are 4 times less than 2011 . 3 products edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . september 2012 missiles edit the company had been the key missile producer for soviet icbm and space exploration programs . historic and yuzhmash launch systems included the r 5m 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 20 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 icbm family the 15a11 missile for perimetr system the rt 23 molodets icbm family the grom 2 mobile short range ballistic missile system space launch vehicles edit kosmos rocket family dnepr tsyklon based on r 36 8k67 tsyklon 2 tsyklon 3 tsyklon 4 zenit boosters for energia based on zenit first stage civil products edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . september 2012 trolleybuses edit yumz t1 1992 2008 yumz t2 1993 2008 yumz t2 .09 1998 2007 yumz e186 2005 2006 tractors edit yumz 2 1954 1958 yumz 5 1957 1962 yumz 6 1971 2001 yumz 8040.2 yumz 8244.2 yumz 8080 see also edit pivdenne design bureau a major missile designer closely co operating with pivdenmash national space agency of ukraine wikimedia commons has media related to yuzhmash . external links edit english language home page makarov pivdennyy yuzhnyy machine building plant at the nuclear threat initiative references edit messier doug 6 february 2015 . russia severing ties with ukraine on dnepr zenit launch programs . parabolic arc . retrieved 8 february 2015 . doug messier february 10 2015 . ukraine space industry on verge of collapse . parabolic arc . retrieved february 14 2015 . http rian.com.ua story 20151007 374851236.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yuzhmash & oldid 744179470 categories economy of dnipropetrovskdefence companies of ukrainespace program of ukrainemanufacturing companies of the soviet unionscience and technology in the soviet unionrocket engine manufacturersdefence companies of the soviet uniontrolleybus manufacturersukrainian brandshidden categories articles containing ukrainian language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2014articles to be expanded from september 2012all articles to be expandedarticles using small message boxescommons category with local link same as on wikidataukraine articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation 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