ANTARAlien-A1
A three-day voyage above the sky. Forty-eight guests, one sapphire dome, and a lounge that spins gravity back into your wineglass. This is the ship built to make orbit ordinary — and unforgettable.
Vessel dossier · AN-A1
Built for the moment the horizon curves back at you.
Alien-A1 is not a capsule. It is a small, sovereign hotel that happens to orbit. Every surface — from the sapphire dome to the gravity-ring floor — is engineered to make the strangeness of space feel like hospitality.
Guests
48
+ 12 crew
Cruise
7.9 km/s
LEO transit
Orbit
420 km
equatorial
Mission
72 hrs
3 sunrises/orbit
Shield
Class-VII
radiation halo
Windows
38
sapphire, framed
A three-day choreography
Nominal profileT-00:00
Ignition Ceremony
Guests strapped into gimbaled cradles. The Vayu core lights — you don't hear it, you feel the sky lean.
T+00:08
Blue Line Crossing
Atmosphere thins to indigo, then black. The dome uncovers. Earth becomes a painting you're inside of.
T+00:42
Salon Spin-Up
The gravity ring engages. Champagne stays in the glass. Chefs plate a meal under an unfiltered sun.
T+24:00
Aurora Descent Windows
Nightside passes over the poles. Suites dim, aurora flares outside — the ship becomes a lantern in reverse.
T+72:00
Return & Recall
Re-entry as a controlled glide. You'll never look at a horizon the same way again.
First flights · 2032 · Sriharikota
"Not a ticket. A rite of passage."
Full specification
Rev. 04 · nominalEnvelope
- Length
- 84 m
- Diameter
- 18 m
- Dry mass
- 412 t
- Wet mass
- 740 t
- Pressurized volume
- 3,800 m³
Propulsion
- Main drive
- 6× Vayu-Ion magneto-plasma
- Thrust (cluster)
- 1.8 MN vacuum
- Specific impulse
- 4,200 s
- Reaction control
- 48× cold-gas nitrogen thrusters
- Restart cycles
- unlimited
Habitat
- Guest suites
- 24 Nebula Suites
- Crew berths
- 12
- Gravity salon
- 0.4 g at 2 rpm
- Aurora dome
- 12 m sapphire monocrystal
- Windows
- 38 framed sapphire ports
Systems
- Life support
- Closed-loop, 96 h reserve
- Shielding
- Class-VII plasma halo + water jacket
- Comms
- Optical mesh 40 Gbps + Ka backup
- Avionics
- Triple-redundant, self-rewriting
- Solar aegis
- 1,400 m² retractable metamaterial sail
Mission choreography
72-hour profileT-06:00
Boarding at Sriharikota
Guests arrive at the coastal terminal. Suits fitted, briefings delivered under palm shade. The ship waits, quiet, on the equator.
T-00:00
Ignition Ceremony
Strapped into gimbaled cradles. The Vayu core lights — you don't hear it, you feel the sky lean.
T+00:08
Blue Line Crossing
Atmosphere thins to indigo, then black. The dome uncovers. Earth becomes a painting you're inside of.
T+00:42
Salon Spin-Up
The gravity ring engages. Champagne stays in the glass. Chefs plate a meal under an unfiltered sun.
T+12:00
First Orbital Sunset
45 minutes of day, 45 of night. Suites dim in sync. A dinner spans three sunrises.
T+24:00
Aurora Descent Windows
Nightside passes over the poles. Suites go dark, aurora flares outside — the ship becomes a lantern in reverse.
T+48:00
Spacewalk Elective
Tethered EVA from the aft airlock. Twenty minutes outside. One story you'll tell forever.
T+72:00
Return & Recall
Re-entry as a controlled glide. Recovery in the Bay of Bengal. You'll never look at a horizon the same way again.
"Not a ticket. A rite of passage."
First flights · 2032 · Sriharikota