2027 in spaceflight

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

2027 in spaceflight
The rotorcraft Dragonfly probe to Titan is planned to be launched in 2027.

NASA plans to launch Dragonfly, a robotic rotorcraft probe which will explore Saturn's moon Titan.[1]

China plans to launch the eXTP X-ray observatory.[2]

Orbital launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)		 Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks


June

Q2 (TBD)[3] Europe Ariane 64 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
TBA TBA Geosynchronous TBA 
Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #3 rideshare mission.
June (TBD)[4][1] United States Commercial launch vehicle United States TBA United States TBA
United States Dragonfly NASA Heliocentric (to Saturn) Exploration of Titan 
Rotorcraft probe to fly in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.[5]


To be determined

2027 (TBD)[6][7] Russia Angara A5 / DM-03 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Luna 28 Roscosmos Selenocentric Lunar lander
Lunar sample return		 
2027 (TBD)[8][9] Russia Angara A5 Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia 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.[10]
2027 (TBD)[11] Russia Angara A5P Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Orel Roscosmos Low Earth Crewed flight test 
2027 (TBD)[12] Russia Angara A5V Russia Vostochny Site 1A Russia Roscosmos
Russia Dummy payload Roscosmos Low Earth Flight test 
First flight of the Angara-A5V variant.
2027 (TBD)[13] Europe Ariane 64 France Kourou ELA-4 France Arianespace
Europe 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.[14]
2027 (TBD)[2][15] China Long March 7 China Wenchang LC-2 China CASC
China Europe eXTP CAS Low Earth X-ray astronomy 
Chinese-led X-ray astronomy collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and multiple European institutions.[15]
2027 (TBD)[16] China Long March 10 China Wenchang China CASC
China 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.[17]
2027 (TBD)[18] South Korea Nuri (KSLV-II) South Korea Naro LC-2 South Korea KARI
South Korea 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)[19] India PSLV India Satish Dhawan India ISRO
India Resourcesat-3SA ISRO Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation 
2027 (TBD)[20] Russia Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat Kazakhstan Baikonur Russia Roscosmos
Russia Rezonans-MKA Roscosmos Tundra Magnetospheric research 
2027 (TBD)[21] Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat Kazakhstan Baikonur Russia Roscosmos
Russia Arktika-M №5[23] Roscosmos Molniya Meteorology 
2027 (TBD)[24] Russia Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT or Europe Vega France Kourou ELS or ELV France Arianespace
France Germany MERLIN CNES / DLR Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation of atmospheric methane 
2027 (TBD)[25][26] Europe Vega-C France Kourou ELV France Arianespace
Europe 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.[27]
2027 (TBD)[28] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States Axiom Power Thermal Module (AxPT)[29] 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)[30] Russia TBA TBA Russia Roscosmos
Russia Bion-M No.3 Roscosmos Low Earth Biological science 
2027 (TBD)[31] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States DRACO Demo DARPA Low Earth Technology demonstration 
Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) is a DARPA program to demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket in space.
2027 (TBD)[32] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States INCUS × 3 NASA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology 
NASA Earth Venture Mission-3 (EVM-3).
2027 (TBD)[33] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
United States JPSS-3 NOAA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology 
2027 (TBD)[34][35] Russia TBA Kazakhstan Baikonur or Russia Vostochny Russia Roscosmos
Russia Ekspress-AT3 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications 
Russia Ekspress-AT4 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications 
2027 (TBD)[36] China TBA China TBA China CASC
China Xihe-2 Nanjing University / SAST Sun–Earth L5 Solar observation 

Suborbital flights
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)		 Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
February (TBD)[37] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany MAIUS-5 ZARM Suborbital Matter wave interferometry 
Fifth payload launch for the QUANTUS IV - MAIUS project.[38]
March (TBD)[37] United States Improved Orion Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA / Sweden SNSA
Germany Sweden REXUS-37 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education 
March (TBD)[37] United States Improved Orion Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA / Sweden SNSA
Germany Sweden REXUS-38 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education 
October (TBD)[37] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany MAPHEUS-18 DLR Suborbital Microgravity research 
November (TBD)[37] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA
Germany Europe TEXUS-66 DLR / ESA Suborbital Microgravity research 

Deep-space rendezvous
Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
12 August Lucy Flyby of asteroid 3548 Eurybates Target altitude 1000 km
15 September Lucy Flyby of asteroid 15094 Polymele Target altitude 415 km
December Hayabusa2 Flyby of Earth[39] Gravity assist

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)
Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks

Orbital launch statistics

By country

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.

Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures		 Remarks

By rocket

By family

Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By type

Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By configuration

Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By spaceport

Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks

By orbit

Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentally
achieved		 Remarks
Transatmospheric0000
Low Earth0000
Geosynchronous / transfer0000
Medium Earth0000
High Earth0000
Heliocentric orbit0000Including planetary transfer orbits

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