The article substantiates the necessity to elaborate a national prospective special strategy of socio-economic development of the country; it gives the definition of the term "space potential"; it explains the basic meaning of the acting model of space development management and shows possible directions of its transformation.

The article considers the complexity of the problem to realize space potential on the territory of Russia. Analysis of the problem resulted in revealing the absence of the system approach to solving it, which excludes achievement of adequacy between its integral parts and does it direct harm.

Consideration of the mechanisms of organization and management found a wide-developed corrupt cohesion of the territory and sector management, sharp regions differentiation, under-use of really existing resources by the un-resourceful subjects of the RF, which does not lead to a strategic approach of Russia’s space development but to a "subjective" one.

The article names the tendencies of locating (settling) people across the country, numbers the advantages and disadvantages   of the active model of management, considers the strategies of space development of some territories and their integration, provides a most important instrument for running their complex development.

It is shown in the article that creating a favorable socio-economic environment in the country may become the general goal of the government strategic approach to space development aimed at the largest possible use of the country’s potentials and resources, defining the main directions of its development and taking into account people’s interests and requirements of its different regions.

The article concludes with suggestions for designing the national prospective space strategy of the country development.