The history of the Scientific Center for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Earth remote sensing development in the Kyiv department of the Institute of Geology and Fossil
The analysis of the development of methods for remote sensing of the Earth in the oil and gas prospecting industry in the period from 1979 to 1992 in the Kiev Department of the Institute of Geology and Fossil Fuels Development of the USSR Ministry of Petroleum Industry and the USSR Academy of Sciences (KD IG FFD) is presented. The structure and main scientific and methodological problems that were solved by the team of specialists of the KD IG FFD are given. The main scientific and methodological results of the Kiev department are presented: maps, methodological recommendations, successful results of forecasting oil and gas prospecting structures on the territory of Ukraine and oil and gas provinces of the former USSR. The leading role of KD IG FFD in the training of specialists in the use of aerospace methods in the study of oil and gas bearing regions and, in general, nature management is emphasized.