VESTNIK of Samara University. Aerospace and Mechanical EngineeringVESTNIK of Samara University. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering2542-04532541-7533Samara National Research University90210.18287/2541-7533-2010-0-2(22)-92-104UnknownWays of the development of the radar space systems of the remote sensing of the Earth11sadohina@ssau.ruVolga State University of Telecommunications and Informatics, Samara18062010929210418062014Copyright © 2015, VESTNIK of the Samara State Aerospace University2015<p>In the article is represented the brief survey of contemporary state and ways of the development of radar space systems of remote sensing of the Earth, their basic fields of application are discussed. The contemporary methods of radar surveillance are illustrated in the concrete examples, are analyzed the scientific problems, which limit the development of this area of space technology. Staging character in the development of satellites of radar surveillance from single satellite to the development of the net multifunctional systems of navigation and radiophysics monitoring of near-earth space is proposed.</p>Space craftmultiway synthetic aperture radarsystembistatic radar systemКосмический аппаратмногопозиционная радиолокационная система с синтезированной апертурой (МПРСА)бистатический радиолокационный комплекс (БРЛК)