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2027 in spaceflight
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 Rendering of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), a nuclear thermal rocket developed by DARPA for a demonstration mission in 2027. | |
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
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
| Remarks | ||||||||
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March | ||||||||
| March (TBD)[6] |   VLM-1
|
Alcântara Space Center
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IAE/ DLR
| |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| Maiden VLM flight. | ||||||||
| Q1 (TBD)[7] |  Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-19. | ||||||||
| Q1 (TBD)[9][10] |  Vega-C
|
 Kourou ELV
|
Arianespace
| |||||
| CO2M-B (Sentinel-7B)
|
ESA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| Second satellite of the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission.[8] Part of the European Space Agency's Copernicus Programme. | ||||||||
|
June | ||||||||
| Q2 (TBD)[7] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-20. | ||||||||
| Q2 (TBD)[11] | Vega-C
|
Kourou ELV
|
Arianespace
| |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth | TBA | |||||
| Small Satellites Mission Service (SSMS) #17 rideshare mission. | ||||||||
|
August | ||||||||
| August (TBD)[12] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| COSI
|
NASA | Low Earth | Gamma-ray astronomy | |||||
| Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI). Part of NASA's Small Explorers program. | ||||||||
September | ||||||||
| September (TBD)[13] | TBA
|
TBA
|
TBA
| |||||
| NEO Surveyor
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NASA | Sun–Earth L1 | Infrared astronomy Near-Earth object detection |
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| Near-Earth Object Surveyor. | ||||||||
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December | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[11] | Ariane 64
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Kourou ELA-4
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Arianespace
| |||||
| TBA | TBA | Geosynchronous | TBA | |||||
| Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #2 rideshare mission. | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[7] | Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg
|
SpaceX
| |||||
| TBA | TBA | Low Earth (SSO) | TBA | |||||
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-21. | ||||||||
| Q4 (TBD)[14][15] | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
 ZeusX service module
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Qosmosys | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||||
| ZeusX lunar lander
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Qosmosys | Selenocentric to lunar surface | Lunar lander | |||||
| LIBER
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Qosmosys | Selenocentric to lunar surface | Lunar rover | |||||
| Lunar Integrated Bulk Extraction Rover (LIBER) will attempt to mine on the lunar surface. | ||||||||