2027 in spaceflight

2027 in spaceflight
	Lucy will begin its exploration of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids in 2027
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This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2027.

In 2027, NASA is expected to launch the Artemis III mission, which will send astronauts to low Earth orbit and conduct docking tests with an HLS lander.

In early 2027, ESA plans to launch the PLATO space telescope for discovery and characterization of exoplanets.^[1]

The American company Vast plans to launch the first ever commercial space station (Haven-1) in 2027.^[2]

The first Indian crewed spaceflight, Gaganyaan-4, is planned for 2027.^[3]

China plans to launch the eXTP X-ray observatory.^[4]

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
20 March^[150]	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA

		Resolute	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		First of two launches
20 March^[150]	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA

		Resolute	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Geospace science
		Second of two launches
March (TBD)^[151]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA

		REXUS-37	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
March (TBD)^[151]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA

		REXUS-38	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
24 June^[150]	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)^[151]	VSB-30		S1X-7/M19	Esrange		SSC

		MASER-19	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity research
		SubOrbital Express Microgravity flight opportunity 7.
October (TBD)^[151]	Red Kite/Impr. Malemute			Esrange		MORABA

		MAPHEUS-18	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research
November (TBD)^[151]	VSB-30			Esrange		MORABA

		TEXUS-64	DLR / ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity research

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
17 March	OSIRIS-APEX	Gravity assist at Earth	Target altitude 4146 km
24 April	Tianwen-2	Departure from 469219 Kamoʻoalewa^[152]
12 August	Lucy	Flyby of asteroid 3548 Eurybates	Target altitude 1000 km
15 September	Lucy	Flyby of asteroid 15094 Polymele	Target altitude 415 km
29 November	Tianwen-2 sample return capsule	Asteroid sample return^[152]
December	Hayabusa2	Flyby of Earth^[153]	Gravity assist

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
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

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