About the enterprise

State Enterprise «Production Association Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant named after A. Makarov» (hereinafter - YUZHMASH) – is one of the world's scientific and industrial complexes involved in serial production of modern rocketry. Many of them are the embodiment of scientific development, that doesn’t have analogs of the conception and the execution in the whole world.

Over 65 years four-generation of carrier rockets (CR) and several types of spacecraft have been creating. And it is currently creating the fifth generation of the CRs and the new generation of the spacecrafts. YUZHMASH made an ecological two-stage CR under the title «Zenit» to realize the world-known international «Sea Launch» project. According to the project program more than two scores of CRs were launched in the Pacific from a specially designed floating platform and a few scores of the satellites from different countries (Russia, USA, etc.) were put into the Earth orbit. Purposely to launch these CRs from the «Baikonur» cosmodrome a joint venture «Land Launch» has been set up.

Within the bounds of the conversion for the orbiting the communication spacecrafts YUZHMASH in cooperation with Russian enterprises has upgraded two types of strategic two-stage CRs (upper-stage rocket is installed and additional works are done).

There is currently creating a new CR modification, developed by the joint Ukrainian-Brazilian satellites launching project from «Alcântara» cosmodrome, Brazil.

Owing to YUZHMASH’s successes in space exploration, Ukraine deservedly consolidated its status of a world space power. YUZHMASH with 11% of the worldwide launches can claim to be one of the five leading rocket and space enterprises.

About four hundred spacecrafts orbited by YUZHMASH’s CRs allowed to conduct researches for the national scientific and technical development and international cooperation.

Created by decades the industrial base, coupled with high-technology allows YUZHMASH to produce a wide range of other types of industrial products: trolleys, tractors, landing gears, wind-electric sets, etc.

Through the policy of development and innovation, the company continues to create the new technologies and expand the range of products.

YUZHMASH’s team is interested in expanding cooperation with the parties of the international space and other programs. YUZHMASH carries out foreign economic activity in 23 countries, is in the constant search for partners and is willing to consider cooperation and partnership proposals.