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USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D

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USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D

The Galaxy-class flagship from Star Trek: The Next Generation/Pop Culture

The Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation is a Galaxy-class starship, significantly larger than Kirk's original Constitution-class vessel. According to Star Trek technical manuals, the ship is 641 m long, 467 m wide, and 137 m tall. It carries a crew of over 1,000 plus civilians and families (a first for Starfleet), has 42 decks, and can separate its saucer section from the engineering hull. The ship served as Captain Jean-Luc Picard's command from 2364 to 2371.

Measurements

Overall length641 m
42,733Blueberry diameters
791Skateboard lengths
21.4Blue whale lengths

Galaxy-class specification

Width467 m
1.6 tenthsAirport runway lengths
2,123Discus diameters
13,343Banana widths

Saucer section beam

Height137 m
489Rugby ball lengths
1,593Credit card lengths

Keel to top of bridge

Saucer diameter372 m
4,895Hockey puck diameters
1.6 thousandthsJamaica lengths
372Minecraft blocks

Separable saucer section

Mass4.5 billion kg
2.1 millionSUVs
4.9 billionBags of sugar
45,000Locomotive weights

4.5 million metric tonnes

Main shuttle bay length80 m
2.4 tenthsAircraft carrier lengths
32.9 trillionCompton wavelengths
5.25Garden hose lengths

Aft shuttlebay

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