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Essential upgrades were made to the ''Constitution''-class' warp systems; the old cylindrical [[nacelle]]s were replaced with new angular ones, and also the warp nacelle struts were new, as they were connected to the engineering hull much closer to the neck than before. The [[engineering hull]] roughly retained its original shape – while the original hull was essentially a conical cylinder, the refit was much more rounded.
The [[deflector]] dish was upgraded, doing away with the "satellite" dish architecture. As for the interior of the [[hullHull]], the most obvious upgrades were the enlargement of the [[shuttle deck]] and [[landing bay]], as well as the addition of a horizontal [[matter-antimatter reaction assembly]] and a vertical [[intermix chamber]].
New also was the installment of the double [[photon torpedo]] launcher with its rectangular housing in the neck of the vessel. Also, the phaser configuration was changed to channel energy though the warp core. Furthermore, the [[saucer section]] was considerably extended (almost 20 meters), while the rest of the surface remained about the same.
Though not an aerodynamic craft, in emergencies, ''Constitution''-class vessels were able to break orbit and enter a [[Class M]] planet's upper atmosphere (and maintain attitude control while passing through it) for a limited period of time, conditional on the ship's ability to re-achieve escape velocity.
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Image:USS Enterprise orbiting Rigel XII.jpg|Front view of the [[primary hull]]Primary HullImage:USS Enterprise, aft view.jpg|Aft view of [[secondary hull]]Secondary Hull
Image:USS Enterprise over Earth.jpg|In an atmosphere
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=== Tactical systems ===
[[Image:USS Enterprise firing phasers.jpg|thumb|Forward phasers of the USS ''Enterprise'']]
[[Image:USS Defiant (NCC-1764) firing aft phasers.jpg|thumb|Original configuration ''Constitution''-class USS ''Defiant'' firing its [[Hull|secondary hull]] aft phasers]]
[[Image:Constitution class refit configuration phasers.jpg|thumb|A refit ''Constitution'' vessel fires its forward phasers]]
