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's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will have a field of view 100 times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, is planned to be launched no later than 2027.[1][2] NASA also plans to launch Dragonfly, a robotic rotorcraft probe which will explore Saturn's moon Titan.[3]

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


May

NLT May (TBD)[1][4] Commercial launch vehicle Cape Canaveral TBA
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope NASA Sun–Earth L2 Infrared astronomy 
Formerly known as WFIRST.[2]

June

June (TBD)[5][3] Commercial launch vehicle TBA TBA
Dragonfly NASA Heliocentric (to Saturn) Exploration of Titan 
Rotorcraft probe to fly in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.[6]


To be determined

2027 (TBD)[7][8] Angara A5 / DM-03 Vostochny Site 1A Roscosmos
Luna 28 Roscosmos Selenocentric Lunar lander
Lunar sample return		 
2027 (TBD)[9] Angara A5P Vostochny Site 1A Roscosmos
Orel Roscosmos Low Earth Crewed flight test 
2027 (TBD)[10] Angara A5V Vostochny Site 1A Roscosmos
Dummy payload Roscosmos Low Earth Flight test 
First flight of the Angara-A5V variant.
2027 (TBD)[11] Ariane 64[12] Kourou ELA-4 Arianespace
Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) ESA Areocentric Mars sample-return 
Orbiter component of the NASA–ESA Mars sample-return mission. It will collect the sample return canister delivered into orbit by the Mars Ascent Vehicle and carry it back to Earth.[13]
2027 (TBD)[14][15] Ariane 64 Kourou ELA-4 Arianespace
Heracles EL3 ESA Selenocentric Lunar lander 
First flight of the HERACLES lunar transport system.
2027 (TBD)[16][17] Ariane 62 or Vega-C[18] Kourou ELA-4 or ELV Arianespace
ROSE-L (Sentinel-12) ESA Low Earth (Polar) Earth observation 
Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2027 (TBD)[19] Long March 5 Wenchang LC-1 CASC
Chang'e 8 CNSA Selenocentric Lunar lander 
2027 (TBD)[20] 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)[21] SLS Block 1B Kennedy LC-39B NASA
Artemis 5 NASA Selenocentric (NRHO) Crewed lunar landing 
ESPRIT Refueling Module (ERM)[23] ESA Selenocentric (NRHO) Lunar Gateway component 
2027 (TBD)[24] Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat Baikonur Roscosmos
Arktika-M №5[26] Roscosmos Molniya Meteorology 
2027 (TBD)[27] Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT or Vega Kourou ELS or ELV Arianespace
MERLIN CNES / DLR Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation of atmospheric methane 
2027 (TBD)[28] Vega-C Kourou ELV Arianespace
CRISTAL (Sentinel-9) ESA Low Earth (Polar) Earth observation 
Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme.
2027 (TBD)[29] TBA TBA TBA
Axiom Power Tower (AxPT) Axiom Space Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly / Commercial habitat 
Fourth Axiom 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] TBA TBA TBA
INCUS × 3 NASA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology 
NASA Earth Venture Mission-3 (EVM-3).
2027 (TBD)[31][32] TBA Baikonur or Vostochny Roscosmos
Ekspress-AT3 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications 
Ekspress-AT4 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications 

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

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[33] 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

Notes

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