- For other uses, see Copernicus.
The Copernicus (NCC-1701-D/03) was a Federation Type-7 shuttlecraft in service to Starfleet in the mid-24th century. (Ships of the Line 2013)
Service history[]
The shuttle was assigned to the USS Enterprise-D in the early 2360s decade, when that starship was commissioned. Copernicus was the latest of a series of shuttles to bear that name, with previous examples having been assigned to the earlier USS Enterprise and USS Enterprise-A.
In the year 2364, the Copernicus was stolen by an Enterprise resident, Jake Kurland. Despite a brief emergency when the shuttle's power systems were accidentally stalled, both the pilot and the shuttle were successfully retrieved by an order from Captain Jean-Luc Picard. (TNG episode: "Coming of Age")
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Connections[]
| Ships named Copernicus | ||
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| United Earth | SS Copernicus (DY-100-class) | 
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| Federation Starfleet | starships: USS Copernicus (NCC-3815, Ptolemy-class) • USS Copernicus (NCC-640, Oberth-class) • USS Copernicus (NCC-58637, Oberth-class) • USS Copernicus (NX-94441, Horizon-class) • shuttlecraft: Copernicus (NCC-1701/5) • Copernicus (NCC-1701/7) • Copernicus (NCC-1701/12) • Copernicus (two-man shuttle) • Copernicus (USS Constellation shuttle) • Copernicus (NCC-1701-A, SW7 class) • Copernicus (NCC-1701-A/03) • Copernicus (NCC-1701-D/03) |  
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| Type-7 shuttlecraft | ||
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Ansel Adams • Cochrane • Copernicus • D'Alison • Feynman • Gould • Hawking • Heinlein • Kotoi • Sakharov • NCC-1701-D/02 • NCC-1701-D/05 • NCC-1701-D/06 • NCC-1701-D/13 • NCC-2544/01 • NCC-3907/03 • SF026 • unnamed type-7 shuttlecraft |
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| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) auxiliary craft | ||
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Shuttlecraft 02 • Shuttlecraft 04 • Shuttlecraft 05 • Shuttlecraft 13 • Ansel Adams • Berman • Calypso • Campbell • Decartes • Christopher • Cochrane • Collins • Copernicus • Curie • El-Baz • Albert Einstein • Fermi • Feynman • Sam Freedle • Galileo • Goddard • Goodall • Gould • Hawking (I) • Hawking (II) • Hoyle • Indiana Jones • Justman • Kirk • Lewis • Ley • Magellan 15 • Magellan 5 • Nadir • Nameme • Isaac Newton • Onizuka • Pike (I) • Pike (II) • Piller • Polo • Pontiac • Rahjah • Sakharov • Voltaire |
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Background[]
The Copernicus name was not visible onscreen, but the name was detailed in TNG reference: Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion. The filming model is shown being wired in special features on the TNG season 4 DVD.
External link[]
- Copernicus (NCC-1701-D/03) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.