SKB-385

Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau

Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau

Russian missile design company

55.112°N 60.140°E / 55.112; 60.140

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The JSC Makeyev Design Bureau (Russian: ГРЦ Макеева; also known as Makeyev OKB) is a Russian missile design company located in Miass, Russia.[2]

Established in December 1947 as SKB-385 in Zlatoust (see Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant), the company was the main designer of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) in Russia.[2] In 1955, the company was moved to Miass. In 1965, SKB-385 was redesignated the Design Bureau of Machine-Building (KBM) under the Ministry of General Machine-Building.[2] In 1993, the organization was posthumously renamed in honor of Victor Makeyev, who had been the Chief Designer of SKB-385. Its full official name is State Rocket Center «Academician V.P. Makeev Design Bureau».[2]

Rockets and missiles

References

  1. [1]
    О мерах по созданию Государственной корпорации по космической деятельности "Роскосмос" [On measures to create the State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos"]. Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017.
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    "Makeyev bureau". astronautix.com.
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