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USS Enterprise NCC-1701

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USS Enterprise NCC-1701

The Constitution-class flagship of the United Federation of Planets/Pop Culture

The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 from Star Trek: The Original Series is one of the most recognizable spacecraft in fiction. According to official Star Trek technical manuals, the ship is 289 m long, 127 m wide across the saucer section, and has a mass of approximately 1 million metric tons. The ship carries a crew of 430 and can achieve speeds faster than light via its warp drive. Its design, with a saucer section connected to twin nacelles by a secondary hull, became the template for starship design in popular culture.

Measurements

Overall length289 m
8.8 tenthsEiffel Towers
1,445Plier lengths

Bow to aft of nacelles

Saucer diameter127 m
385Hammer lengths
52.3 trillionCompton wavelengths
3 thousandthsMarathon routes

Primary hull width

Height73 m
1.29Leaning Towers of Pisa
162Necklace lengths
6.1 tenthsSki jump hills

Keel to top of bridge

Mass1 billion kg
40,000Loaded garbage trucks
285,714Forklifts

Approximately 1 million metric tons

Nacelle length154 m
46.7Hammock lengths
700 billionSilicon atoms

Each warp nacelle

Bridge diameter18 m
18 billionNanometers
29.5Nightstand heights
76.6 millionthsJamaica lengths

Main bridge module atop saucer

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