The invention discloses a software defined network (SDN)-based space network QoS guarantee method and a management center. An SDN-based space network is divided into a management layer, a control layer, and a forwarding layer, and includes a bottom-up information collecting process and a top-down strategy sending process. A satellite network management center in the management layer is an entity for making a QoS guarantee strategy, and the QoS guarantee strategy mainly includes the results in service grade authentication, traffic scheduling and bandwidth allocation, wherein service grade authentication is a process in which different service requests of users are distinguished according to the service grading standard, traffic scheduling is a process in which transmission paths meeting the QoS requirement are planned for data flows at different service grades, and bandwidth allocation is a process in which priority-based on-demand bandwidth resources are provided in a link sharing state. In addition, the invention provides a network status monitoring method in the control layer, which is the basis for the satellite network management center to make a QoS guarantee strategy. According to the invention, based on a controllable and manageable software defined network, space network resource allocation is optimized, on-demand service of the space network is realized, and the purpose of QoS guarantee is achieved.