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The paper describes the architecture and capabilities of the center for collective use (CCU) “IKI-Monitoring” launched by the Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS), designed to provide access to specialists conducting various research and development projects to the archives of satellite data and information obtained on their basis, as well as tools for processing and analysis. The urgency of creating this kind of center is primarily due to the fact that remote sensing methods are currently widely used for solving a variety of scientific and applied problems. Meanwhile, due to continuous expansion of the capabilities of satellite Earth observation systems, the traditional way of remote sensing data management, requiring creation of an own system for data collection, processing and analysis for every research project, sometimes experiencing severe resource limitations of individual research groups and organizations, won’t be effective anymore. At the same time the development of modern technologies of distributed data processing enables the creation and development of new  approaches that not only provide remote search and selection of the information needed to solve specific research problems, but also to create tools for distributed analysis of information that can be used to solve various scientific problems. The introduction of modern remote sensing data processing capabilities was the goal of launching of the “IKI-Monitoring” CCU by IKI in 2012. The paper describes the major tasks and capabilities of the center. It also describes the center’s main construction principles and the architecture. It discusses the basic technical solutions which enabled the possibility of creation and development of the center. The paper also discusses issues related to the development prospects of the centre.