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McKinley Station

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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) docked at Earth Station McKinley
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) docked at Earth Station McKinley
View of Earth from McKinley Station
View of Earth from McKinley Station

McKinley Station, or Earth Station McKinley, was a Starfleet docking facility located in Earth's orbit, designed for starship construction, refitting and maintenance layovers during the mid-24th century. (TNG: "Family", "All Good Things..."; VOY: "The Swarm")

The USS Enterprise-D was transferred to McKinley Station shortly after its launch in 2364, before it departed for Farpoint Station. Captain Jean-Luc Picard took command of the ship while it was docked at the station. In the anti-time past timeline, Picard called for a red alert while at McKinley Station. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

In 2367, the Enterprise-D underwent a major refit at McKinley Station in order to repair damage suffered following the Borg incursion. The refit was estimated to last six weeks. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II") Several systems were upgraded, including the ship's phasers (TNG: "Family") and warp core, which received a new dilithium chamber hatch. An undetected defect in the hatch caused an explosion later that year, initially blamed on joint Romulan/Klingon sabotage. (TNG: "The Drumhead")

The USS Voyager was launched from Earth Station McKinley on Stardate 48038.5. (USS Voyager dedication plaque)

In 2377, Voyager received pictures of Earth from this vantage point courtesy of a transmission set up by Lieutenant Reginald Barclay at Starfleet Communications. (VOY: "Author, Author")

In an unknown, alternate future timeframe, the USS Pasteur was due to dock at Earth Station McKinley upon arrival at Earth. However, the rendezvous was delayed when Captain Beverly Picard decided to investigate Jean-Luc Picard's claims of a temporal anomaly in the Devron system. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

Background

The same basic drydock design was also employed at Starbase 234, as seen in TNG: "Redemption", and Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, as seen in VOY: "Relativity".

It is not clear why the images from McKinley Station shown in "Author, Author" looked like they were from geosynchronous orbit when the station is clearly shown to be in near-Earth orbit during "Family." It is possible the drydock facility shown in the TNG episode may have been part of a larger complex.

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