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Makeyev bureau
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Russian manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines, Kolomna, Russia.

AKA: GRTsKB Makeyev;KBM (1965);Makeyev;Makeyev (1976);SKB-385. Location: Kolomna.

The Makeyev bureau traces its origins back to the creation of a design bureau established in 1947 at Aircraft Factory 66 in Zlatoust. In 1949 the bureau was assigned full production engineering authority for the R-1 and made an independent Special Design Bureau SKB-385. The bureau was also to develop variations of the R-1 with greater range. But the work dragged on without results, and on 1 June 1951 Beria switched R-1 production engineering to Factory 586 at Dnepropetrovsk. Nevertheless on 13 December 1953 SKB-385 was made responsible for series production of Korolev's storable propellant R-11 tactical missile and its S2.253 engine.

Korolev was not interested in pursuing further development of the R-11. Following a protracted two-year test series, the design was finally accepted for military service. In June of 1955 Makeyev was made Chief Designer at SKB-385, responsible for production engineering of the R-11 and future small land and sea based ballistic missiles. SKB-385 was given complete responsibility for development of the sub-launched R-11FM in August 1955. SKB-385 was further expanded in 1958 when Plant 66 was incorporated into it.

The final refinement of the R-11 design was the R-17, to be exported and infamous around the world as the Scud-B. In 1958-1959 Makeyev designed and built the first mock-up of the new missile. But by then the decision was made to devote the bureau exclusively to submarine-launched missiles, and in 1959 the program was transferred to Votkinsk Machine Building Plant.

In 1959 SKB-385 moved from Zlatoust to Miass. In 1965 SKB-385 was renamed KBM (Design Bureau of Machine-building). In 1993 the enterprise was renamed the State Rocket Centre "Makeyev Design Bureau" (GRTs KBM). Following the break-up of the Soviet Union production orders for further ballistic missiles collapsed. Makeyev then began marketing space launch using surplus missiles, including provision of small satellites and re-entry vehicles for recoverable payloads of its own design.



Country: Russia. Engines: RD R-29 (1), RD R-29 (2), RD R-29R (1), RD R-29R (2), RD R-29RM (2), RD R-29RM (3), RD R-27, R-39 St2, R-39 St3. Spacecraft: Globsat, SPS-Sputnik, Kompas. Launch Vehicles: R-11, R-11FM, R-11M, R-17, R-13, R-21, R-21A, PR-90, RT-15M, R-27, Zyb, Gnom, R-29, Vysota, Tochka, R-27K, R-27U, Volna, R-29D, Oka, R-29K, R-39, 3M20, Rif, R-39M, R-39UTTKh, I-Scud, R-29RL, Shtil', 3M65, Tochka-U, Al Abbas, Iskander, Priboy/Surf, Riksha, Grom, Shtil'-1, Shtil-2/2N, Rif-MA, Shtil-3A, Shtil-3N, R-29RM, Sineva, R-29R. Stages: R-29-1, Grom-2, Zyb Mod 2-1, Vysota-1, Vysota-2, Rif-3, Shtil'-2, Shtil'-1-3, Volna-1, Volna-2.

2000 September 26 - . 10:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. Launch Pad: LC109/95. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2001 December 10 - . 17:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC45/1. LV Family: Zenit. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
2002 December 20 - . 17:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. Launch Pad: LC109/95. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2004 June 29 - . 06:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. Launch Pad: LC109/95. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2006 May 26 - . 18:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Barents Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 69.5 N x 34.2 E. Launch Platform: K-84. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Shtil'-1.
2007 April 17 - . 06:46 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. Launch Pad: LC109/95. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2007 June 28 - . 15:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2008 August 29 - . 07:16 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. Launch Pad: LC109/95. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2008 October 1 - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2009 July 29 - . 18:46 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2010 April 8 - . 13:57 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. Launch Pad: LC109/95. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2010 June 15 - . 14:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2010 June 21 - . 02:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
2010 July 31 - . LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.

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