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2.0 APPLICABLE AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
3.0 PHYSICAL INTERFACES (Sections 3.0 thru 3.0.4)
4.0 STRUCTURAL INTERFACES (Sections 4.0 thru 4.0.4)
4.1 CARGO BAY ENVIRONMENTS AND GENERAL ACCELARATIONS
6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL INTERFACES (Sections 6.0 thru 6.0.4)
6.1 PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL (Sections 6.1 thru 6.1.3)
7.0 ELECTRICAL POWER INTERFACES (Sections 7.0 thru 7.0.4)
7.1 ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND LIMITATIONS ON CARGO UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER
8.0 AVIONICS INTERFACES (Sections 8.0 thru 8.0.4)
8.1 ATTACHED PAYLOAD CHARACTERISTICS (Sections 8.1 thru 8.2.3)
8.2.4 KU-BAND SIGNAL PROCESSOR INTERFACE
8.2.5 PAYLOAD SIGNAL PROCESSOR INTERFACE (Sections 8.2 5 thru 8.2.9)
8.2.10 MASTER TIMING UNIT (MTU) AND PAYLOAD TIMING BUFFER (PTB) INTERFACES
9.0 SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL INTERFACES (Sections 9.0 thru 9.0.4)
9.1 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW AND CONSTRAINTS
10.0 INDUCED ENVIRONMENTS (Sections 10.0 thru 10.0.4)
10.1 ORBITER/CARGO BAY PARTICULATES AND GASES ENVIRONMENT (Sections 10.1 thru 10.6)
10.7 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) (Sections 10.7 thru 10.7.2)
10.7.3 CARGO-PRODUCED INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENT
10.7.4 AVIONICS ELECTRICAL COMPATIBILITY
10.8 NUCLEAR RADIATION, CARGO BAY FERRY FLIGHT ENVIRONMENTS
11.0 OTHER INTERFACE CONSTRAINTS AND LIMITATIONS (Sections 11.0 thru 11.0.4)
11.1 SAFETY CRITICAL INTERFACES
13.0 ELECTRICAL WIRING INTERFACES (Sections 13.0 thru 13.0.4)
13.1 INTERFACE ALLOCATION AND APPROVED CARGO ELEMENT CONNECTORS
20.0 WAIVERS; DEVIATIONS; AND EXCEEDANCES
APPENDIX E EXTENDED DURATION ORBITER MISSIONS