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2.0 APPLICABLE AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
3.0 PHYSICAL INTERFACES AND GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS (Sections 3.0 thru 3.1)
3.2 INTERFACE LOCATION AND DIMENSIONING
3.3 PAYLOAD BAY INTERFACES (Sections 3.3 thru 3.3.1)
3.3.2 STANDARD INTERFACE PANEL (SIP) REQUIREMENTS
3.3.3 NON-STANDARD ELECTRICAL INTERFACES (INDEPENDENT OF SMCH)
3.3.4 FLUID AND UMBILICAL PANEL INTERFACES
4.0 STRUCTURAL AND CARGO BAY INTERFACES AND CONSTRAINTS (Sections 4.0 thru 4.1)
4.2 CREW MODULE AND PAYLOAD HABITABLE VOLUMES
5.0 GENERAL FLUID INTERFACES AND REQUIREMENTS (Sections 5.0 thru 5.7)
5.8 SPECIFICATION OF FLUIDS AND GENERIC VENT CHARACTERISTICS
6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL INTERFACES - PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL (Sections 6.0 thru 6.1)
6.3 ATMOSPHERIC REVITALIZATION SYSTEM (ARS)
7.0 ELECTRICAL POWER INTERFACES AND ACCOMODATIONS (Sections 7.0 thru 7.2)
7.3 DC POWER (Sections 7.3 thru 7.3.1)
7.3.2 CARGO BAY PRIMARY PL BUS
7.3.7 DC POWER RIPPLE AND TRANSIENT LIMITS
7.5 LIMITATIONS ON CARGO UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER
7.6 RETENTION SYSTEM POWER PROVISIONS AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
8.0 AVIONICS INTERFACES - ATTACHED PAYLOAD CHARACTERISTICS (Sections 8.0 thru 8.2)
8.2.1 PAYLOAD DATA INTERLEAVER (PDI) INTERFACE
8.2.2 MULTIPLEXER / DEMULTIPLEXER (MDM) INTERFACE
8.2.3 MODULAR MEMORY UNIT (MMU1) INTERFACE
8.2.4 KU-BAND SIGNAL PROCESSOR INTERFACE
8.2.5 PAYLOAD SIGNAL PROCESSOR INTERFACE
8.2.6 S-BAND FM SIGNAL PROCESSOR INTERFACE
8.2.7 AUDIO CENTRAL CONTROL NETWORK INTERFACE
8.2.8 CCTV VIDEO CONTROL UNIT INTERFACE
8.2.9 CAUTION AND WARNING ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY (CWEA) INTERFACE
8.2.10 MASTER TIMING UNIT (MTU) AND PAYLOAD TIMING BUFFER (PTB) INTERFACES
8.2.11 PAYLOAD SAFING-COMMAND INTERFACE
8.2.12 ORBITER TO CARGO ELEMENT DATA BUS SYSTEM (DBS) INTERFACES
8.3 DETACHED PAYLOAD CHARACTERISTICS
9.0 SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL INTERFACES AND OVERVIEW (Sections 9.0 thru 9.2)
9.3 FLIGHT PHASE APPLICABILITY
9.4 SOFTWARE CONSTRAINTS/COMMUNICATION CONVENTIONS
10.0 INDUCED ENVIRONMENTS (Sections 10.0 thru 10.5)
10.6 ORBITER/CARGO BAY PARTICULATES AND GASES ENVIRONMENT
10.7 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) (Sections 10.7 thru 10.7.1)
10.7.2 SHUTTLE-PRODUCED INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENT
10.7.3 ALLOWABLE CARGO-PRODUCED INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENT
10.7.4 PAYLOAD AVIONICS ELECTRICAL COMPATIBILITY
11.0 OTHER INTERFACE CONSTRAINTS AND LIMITATIONS (Sections 11.0 thru 11.1)
11.2.3 VERNIER RCS (VRCS) ENGINES, EDGE AND PROTRUSION ROUNDING
13.0 ELECTRICAL WIRING INTERFACES AND ALLOCATIONS (Sections 13.0 thru 13.2.2)
13.2.3 SUBSTITUTION OF CARGO-UNIQUE ITEMS FOR STANDARD SERVICE ITEMS (Sections 13.2.3 thru 13.3.1)
13.4 STANDARD PAYLOAD DISPLAY AND CONTROL INTERFACE (SPDCI)
13.5 CONNECTOR/PIN INTERFACES WITH SMCH AND SMCH-SIP CONFIGURATION
13.6 NON-STANDARD CARGO INTERFACES (INDEPENDENT OF SMCH)
14.0 PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
APPENDIX A ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
APPENDIX C CHANNEL AND FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENTS
APPENDIX E EXTENDED DURATION ORBITER MISSIONS
APPENDIX I PAYLOAD ATTACH-POINT STATIC LIMIT-LOAD CAPABILITY
APPENDIX X ALTERNATE TRUNNION LENGTH SELECTION CRITERIA AND DEFLECTION DATA