
Voyager launching a microprobe
A microprobe was a type of small probe carried aboard Federation starships that was used in cases where conventional probes were too large to be effective.
While inside a nucleogenic cloud being in 2371, USS Voyager launched a class 4 microprobe. (VOY: "The Cloud")

Voyager launches a microprobe into a wormhole
Later that year, Voyager launched a microprobe into a micro-wormhole to trace its subspace bearing, but the probe became lodged in a gravitational eddy inside. Harry Kim subsequently modified the communication system so the probe could act as a subspace relay station, allowing Voyager to make contact with the Talvath on the other side. The probe was eventually crushed by the wormhole's collapse. (VOY: "Eye of the Needle")