Class 5 probe

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The class 5 probe above Kelemane's planet

A graphic of the probe

The class-5 probe was a medium-range probe carried aboard Federation starships and used for reconnaissance and planetary analysis. It was equipped with visual sensors, as well as sensors that could detect the chemical contents of an atmosphere and geological sensors. It maintained orbit with impulse thrusters. The probe had an operational life span of over two hundred years, by which time its thrusters would permanently degrade. (VOY: "Blink of an Eye")

In 2367, the USS Enterprise-D launched three class 5 probes when approaching the spaceborne species later dubbed Junior in orbit of Alpha Omicron VII. (TNG: "Galaxy's Child")

In 2369, the Enterprise-D launched a class-5 probe to check out a Cardassian research facility that was supposedly located on Celtris III. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I")

In 2375, Captain Kathryn Janeway launched a class 5 probe to scan for residual transwarp signatures from the Borg sphere that captured Seven of Nine. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")

In 2376, Chakotay ordered B'Elanna Torres to modify a class 5 probe to scan the geography and take pictures, every ten microseconds, of Kelemane's planet. USS Voyager gathered information about the planet when the ship was trapped in orbit above the planet. Data returned by the probe indicated that the civilization on the surface had advanced to an industrial level. It also reported the frequency of the seismic disturbances caused by Voyager's presence. (VOY: "Blink of an Eye")

The class V planetary probe was a re-use of the multispatial probe from "Extreme Risk" and was later modified to represent a Quarra buoy in "Workforce".