For other uses, see Copernicus.

STARSHIP
USS Copernicus
Class:	Ptolemy-class
Registry:	NCC-3815
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Status:	active (2260s)

The USS Copernicus (NCC-3815) was a mk VI Ptolemy-class Federation class I transport tug starship ordered for Starfleet service in the 23rd century.

Construction of Copernicus was authorized by the Starfleet appropriation of stardate 0965. (TOS reference: Star Fleet Technical Manual)

The stardate given would seem to suggest this ship was ordered sometime before the TOS era.

By the 2260s, the Copernicus had been designated as a science vessel. The ship was assigned to survey dying planets, starting with Ramedes III shortly after stardate 3040. A civilian named Rell was attached to the ship's crew to offer a unique perspective on this endeavor. (TOS comic: "Worldsinger")

Ptolemy-class starships
Ptolemy-subclass	Al Rashid • Anaxagoras • Anaximander • Aristarchus • Copernicus • Eratosthenes • Galilei • Hevelius • Hipparchus • Ibn Daud • Masada • Philolaus • Ptolemy • Pythagoras • Thales • Ulugh Beg
Keppler-subclass	Ambartsumian • Brahe • Cassini • Deslandres • Donati • Flamarion • Keppler • Kidinnu • Leverrier • Luyten • Messier • Newton • Piazzi • Riccioli • Schiaparelli
Doppler-subclass	Airy • Apian • Baade • Bayer • Biela • Bondi • Brouwer • Campell • Carrington • Chamberlain • Chauvenet • Clark • Columbo • Dollfus • Doppler • Dreyer • Eddington • Encke • Fracastor • Galle • Gaillot • Gautier • Goldricke • Hale • Halley • Hayashi • Hencke • Herschell • Hirayami • Holden • Hubbard • Hubble • Humanson • Jansky • Jeffrey • Kaula • Klepstra • Kruger • Kuiper • Laplace • Leavitt • Lockyer • Mitchell • Newcomb • Oort • Palitzsch • Peale • Pickering • Popper • Pritchett • Reber • Rittenhouse • Ross • Sabine • Schmidt • Tombaugh • Toscanelli • Van De Kamp • Vogel • Von Zach • Walker • Wolaston • Wright
Dollond-subclass	Adams • Baum • Bessel • Bode • Carpenter • Challis • Chandrasekher • Delambre • Dollond • Eichelberger • Flamsteed • Frost • Gold • Goldreich • Hall • Henderson • Hertzsprung • Hoyle • Huggins • Irwin • Jeans • Kohlschutter • Lagrange • Lowell • Langley • Moulton • Olbers • Pierce • Plaskett • Pogson • Roques • Russell • Sandage • Schwabe • Shapley • Slipher • Savary • Scheiner • Secchi • Shklovsky • Struve • Swift • Todd • Van de Hulst • Van Maanen • Wolf • Young