The article presents an analysis of the current space situation and the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the space sector, including in control systems of artificial Earth satellites and multi-satellite constellations. The article presents the key factors that determine the feasibility of using artificial intelligence, as well as the main directions of its use in the space industry. The article identifies promising artificial intelligence technologies in space robotics, deep space exploration, monitoring, diagnostics and management of the technical condition of satellites, management of a multi-satellite constellation, and processing of satellite images. The author poses the problems of the influence of the state of the satellite constellation on the level of strategic stability, national and international security; the importance of artificial intelligence for the development of space technologies; training personnel for the space industry based on an interdisciplinary scientific approach. The article proves that the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of a satellite constellation are today one of the most important indicators of the influence and potential of a state in the world.