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Antariksh Ark

For the children we will never meet.

The Ark is our longest sentence — a self-repairing worldship carrying a million living things toward a star we've only ever seen as a pixel.

Mission purpose

Multi-generational interstellar travel to the Proxima Centauri system.

Every previous vehicle was measured in tonnes and years. The Ark is measured in generations and light-years.

Ten kilometres of rotating habitat, a photon sail the size of Rajasthan, and a genome library of Earth itself — the Ark is not a mission. It is a promise.

Specifications

Nominal
Length
10.4 km
Crew
10,000 (rotational)
Cruise velocity
0.12 c
Propulsion
Fusion + photon sail
Journey
~36 years to Proxima b

Core systems

  • ◆Rotating O'Neill habitat rings
  • ◆Deuterium-helium-3 fusion drive
  • ◆Beamed-laser photon sail
  • ◆Complete Earth biome archive

Flight timeline

Projected

  1. 2055

    Keel-laying in cislunar space

  2. 2078

    First crew embark

  3. 2114

    Proxima orbital insertion