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KB Yuzhnoye/PO<br />

Yuzhmash<br />

KB Yuzhnoye/PO Yuzhmash, the leading Ukrainian aerospace<br />

organizations, are established under the laws of Ukraine, with their<br />

principal place of business in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. They are also a<br />

contractor to the <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> Company, LDC, and as the principal<br />

designers of ballistic missiles and launch vehicles for the former Soviet<br />

Union, have conducted hundreds of successful launches.<br />

KB Yuzhnoye/PO Yuzhmash design and manufacture the Zenit launch<br />

vehicle derived from the heritage Zenit-2 rocket illustrated in figure 1-5,<br />

which comprises the first two stages of the <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> vehicle.<br />

Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash are responsible for<br />

• Developing and qualifying Zenit-2S design modifications.<br />

• Integrating the launch vehicle flight hardware.<br />

• Developing flight design documentation for launch, with respect<br />

to the first two stages.<br />

• Supporting Zenit processing and launch operations.<br />

Several significant configuration modifications have been made to allow<br />

the basic Zenit design to meet <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong>’s unique requirements. For<br />

example, the base of the launch vehicle has been stiffened to provide<br />

greater structural strength required to allow integration of the Block DM<br />

on a dynamic launch platform.<br />

Figure 1-5. Zenit <strong>Launch</strong> Vehicle<br />

REV B D688-10009-1 1-7

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