2027 in spaceflight
This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2027.
China plans to launch the eXTP X-ray observatory.[1]
A DARPA 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]Suborbital flights
[edit]Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
March (TBD)[69] | Improved Orion | Esrange | MORABA / SNSA | ||||
REXUS-37 | DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | ||||
March (TBD)[69] | Improved Orion | Esrange | MORABA / SNSA | ||||
REXUS-38 | DLR / SNSA | Suborbital | Education | ||||
24 June[70] | 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)[69] | VSB-30 | S1X-7/M19 | Esrange | SSC | |||
MASER-19 | SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 7. | |||||||
October (TBD)[69] | Red Kite/Impr. Malemute | Esrange | MORABA | ||||
MAPHEUS-18 | DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | ||||
November (TBD)[69] | VSB-30 | Esrange | MORABA | ||||
TEXUS-64 | DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity research |
Deep-space rendezvous
[edit]Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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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[71] | Gravity assist |
Extravehicular activities (EVAs)
[edit]Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
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Orbital launch statistics
[edit]By country
[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.
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
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By rocket
[edit]By family
[edit]Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By type
[edit]Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By configuration
[edit]Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By spaceport
[edit]Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By orbit
[edit]Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not achieved | Accidentally achieved |
Remarks |
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Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Low Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Geosynchronous / transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Medium Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
High Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Heliocentric orbit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Including planetary transfer orbits |
Expected maiden flights
[edit]- Vega-E – Arianespace – Europe[52]
- VLM-1 – IAE – Brazil[72]
- Daytona II – Phantom Space Corporation – USA[73]
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