Federation Yards Database - Earth Station McKinley

	Length	705 m
	From Ex Astris Scientia - Bernd Schneiders Star Trek Website

	History:
	Starfleet shipbuilding and repair facility in Earth orbit. McKinley Station was a large orbital plattform supporting several large articulated work arms, designed to sevice even the largest starships. The Enterprise-D docked there for six weeks following the defeat of the Borg ship in 2367. TNG "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" , TNG "Family" Unknown to anyone at the time, a defective dilithium chamber hatch was installed in the Enterprise-D warpdrive system at McKinley Station. The hatch contained undetectable submicron fractures that were responsible for a serious explosion in the engine room later that year. TNG "The Drumhead" (In Q's anti-time future, the U.S.S. Pasteur canceled a scheduled stop at McKinley Station to proceed to the Devron system.) TNG "All Good Things..." Star Trek Encyclopedia II The USS Voyager NCC-74656 was built there and launched on stardate 48038.5. VOY "Caretaker"