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In the seaon 2 finale, Murphy found a video tape of a man committing suicide in hidden house that he rummages through. On the video tape, a date at the top right screen says "5/10/52". The man in the video says that "it was all my fault" after stating that a woman recived the launch codes from him, presubalby the launch codes that started the nucular holocaust. Assuming that the video was recorded after the nuclear devastation (as he took cover in the underground house) and the Ark was in space for 97 years, then the show is presumably placed around 2151, give or take.

In earlier episodes, Robin also mentioned something about a space craft, which was launched in 2012, being 150 years old. However this would place the show almost a decade and a half later then the date that I previously stated, in 2162. But as this was earlier in the show and the season finale had a very adamant hint towards the show being placed in 2151, I would assume that that would be the year that the writers will go with.