KB Pivdenne

Pivdenne Design Office
Company typeState owned
IndustryAerospace, defense
PredecessorsOKB-586, SDO Yuzhnoye
Founded1951 (1951)
FounderMikhail Yangel
Headquarters
Dnipro48°26′14″N 34°57′01″E / 48.437212°N 34.950321°E / 48.437212; 34.950321
,
Ukraine
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
5,500 (2017) 
Websiteyuzhnoye.com

The Pivdenne Design Office (Ukrainian: Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, abbr. Державне КБП, romanizedDerzhavne 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.