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2027 in spaceflight

Rendering of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), a nuclear thermal rocket developed by DARPA for a demonstration mission in 2027.

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This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2027.

China plans to launch the eXTP X-ray observatory.^[1]

ADARPA program aims to launch the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) nuclear thermal rocket.^[2]

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aims to launch.^[3]

NASA plans to launch the first two components of the Lunar Gateway,^[4] a key part of its efforts to return to the Moon and a stepping stone for crewed missions to Mars in the 2030s.^[5]

Orbital launches[edit]

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
March[edit]
Q1 (TBD)[6]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape CanaveralorVandenberg		SpaceX
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-19.
March (TBD)[7]	VLM-1			Alcântara Space Center		IAE/ DLR
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		Maiden VLM flight.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June[edit]
Q2 (TBD)[6]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape CanaveralorVandenberg		SpaceX
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-20.
Q2 (TBD)[8]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #17 rideshare mission.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December[edit]
Q4 (TBD)[8]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		TBA	TBA	Geosynchronous	TBA
		Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #2 rideshare mission.
Q4 (TBD)[6]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape CanaveralorVandenberg		SpaceX
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-21.
Q4 (TBD)[9][10]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		ZeusX service module	Qosmosys	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter
		ZeusX lunar lander	Qosmosys	Selenocentrictolunar surface	Lunar lander
		LIBER	Qosmosys	Selenocentrictolunar surface	Lunar rover
		Lunar Integrated Bulk Extraction Rover (LIBER) will attempt to mine on the lunar surface.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → To be determined[edit]
2027 (TBD)[12][13]	Angara A5			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		NEM-1 (SPM-1)	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Space station assembly
		NEM-1, also known as Science Power Module 1 (SPM-1), will be the core module of the proposed Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). It was initially intended to be launched to the International Space Station.[11]
2027 (TBD)[14]	Angara A5V			Vostochny Site 1A		Roscosmos
		Dummy payload	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of the Angara-A5V variant.
2027 (TBD)[16]	Ariane 64			Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		Earth Return Orbiter (ERO)	ESA	Areocentric	Mars sample-return
		Orbiter component of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return. It will collect the sample return canister delivered into orbit by the Mars Ascent Vehicle and carry it back to Earth.[15]
JFY2027 (TBD)[17]	Epsilon S			Uchinoura		JAXA
		Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-5	JAXA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		Part of JAXA's Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.
2027 (TBD)[19][20]	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		GPS IIIF-01	U.S. Space Force	Medium Earth	Navigation
		First GPS IIIF satellite. A total of 22 GPS IIIF satellites are planned to be launched by 2034.[18]
JFY2027 (TBD)[17]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Optical 9	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
JFY2027 (TBD)[17]	H3			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		IGS-Optical Diversification 2	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
2027 (TBD)[1][21]	Long March 7			Wenchang LC-2		CASC
		eXTP	CAS	Low Earth	X-ray astronomy
		Chinese-led X-ray astronomy collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and multiple European institutions.[21]
2027 (TBD)[23]	Long March 10			Wenchang		CASC
			CNSA	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of China's triple-core crew launch vehicle for Moon missions. Previously known as the 921 rocket or the Long March 5 Dengyue.[22]
2027 (TBD)[24]	Nuri (KSLV-II)			Naro LC-2		KARI
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Sixth planned launch of Nuri, and the final launch in the extended testing and verification phase for the launch vehicle.
2027 (TBD)[25]	PSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Resourcesat-3SA	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
2027 (TBD)[26]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Rezonans-MKA	Roscosmos	Tundra	Magnetospheric research
2027 (TBD)[27]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Arktika-M №5[28]	Roscosmos	Molniya	Meteorology
2027 (TBD)[29]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Luna 26	Roscosmos	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter
2027 (TBD)[30][31]	Starship			TBA		SpaceX
		Superbird-9	SKY Perfect JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications
2027 (TBD)[32]	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		MERLIN	CNES / DLR	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observationofatmospheric methane
2027 (TBD)[34][35]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		FORUM	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Ninth Earth Explorer mission for ESA's Living Planet Programme. FORUM is baselined for launch on the Vega-C, and will fly in a loose Sun-synchronous formation with MetOp-SG A1.[33]
2027 (TBD)[36]	Vega-E			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		TBA	ESA	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of Vega-E.
2027 (TBD)[38]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		DRACO Demo	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		USSF-25 mission.[37] Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) is a DARPA program to demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket in space.
2027 (TBD)[39]	ŞİMŞEK-1			İğneada Space Centre		Roketsan
			Turkish Space Agency	Low Earth	Flight test
		Maiden flight of ŞİMŞEK-1.
2027 (TBD)[40]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Al Yah 4	Yahsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Replacement for Yahsat 1A (Al Yah 1).
2027 (TBD)[41]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Axiom Power Thermal Module (AxPT)[42]	Axiom Space	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly / Space habitat
		Fourth Axiom Orbital Segment module. The addition of this module will enable the Axiom Orbital Segment to separate from the ISS and operate as an independent space station.
2027 (TBD)[43]	TBA			TBA		Roscosmos
		Bion-M No.3	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Biological science
2027 (TBD)[44][45]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		COSI	NASA	Low Earth	Gamma-ray astronomy
		Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI). Part of NASA's Small Explorers program.
H2 2027 (TBD)[47]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		CO2M-C (Sentinel-7C)	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Third satellite (option) of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[46] Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2027 (TBD)[48][49]	TBA			Baikonuror Vostochny		Roscosmos
		Ekspress-AT3	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
		Ekspress-AT4	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications
2027 (TBD)[50]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		GSSAP8	U.S. Space Force	Geosynchronous	Space surveillance
2027 (TBD)[51]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		INCUS × 3	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
		NASA Earth Venture Mission-3 (EVM-3).
2027 (TBD)[52]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		JPSS-3	NOAA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
2027 (TBD)[53]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Nyx	The Exploration Company	Low Earth (Axiom Station)	Reentry capsule
		Uncrewed commercial mission to the Axiom Station.
2027 (TBD)[54][55]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Oracle	AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate	Earth–Moon L1	Space domain awareness
		Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS).
2027 (TBD)[56]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		JSAT-31	SKY Perfect JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications
2027 (TBD)[57]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		Thaicom 10	Thaicom	Geosynchronous	Communications

Suborbital flights[edit]

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
March (TBD)[58]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA
		REXUS-37	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
March (TBD)[58]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA
		REXUS-38	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
24 June[59]	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		REDSoX	MIT	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy
		Rocket Experiment Demonstration of a Soft X-ray Polarimeter (REDSoX) mission.
October (TBD)[58]	VSB-30		S1X-7/M19	Esrange		SSC
		MASER-19	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity research
		SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 7.
October (TBD)[58]	Red Kite/Impr. Malemute			Esrange		MORABA
		MAPHEUS-18	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research
November (TBD)[58]	VSB-30			Esrange		MORABA
		TEXUS-64	DLR / ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity research

Deep-space rendezvous[edit]

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)[edit]

Orbital launch statistics[edit]

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.

By rocket[edit]

By family[edit]

By type[edit]

By configuration[edit]

By spaceport[edit]

By orbit[edit]

Expected maiden flights[edit]

• Vega-E – Arianespace – Europe^[36]
• VLM-1 – IAE – Brazil^[61]
• Daytona II – Phantom Space Corporation – USA^[62]

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