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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)
3.3.3 ODS AND NON-STANDARD ELECTRICAL INTERFACES
3.3.4 STANDARD FLUID LINE INTERFACES
3.3.5 CARGO-TO-ORBITER ELECTRICAL BOND
4.0 STRUCTURAL AND CARGO BAY INTERFACES (Sections 4.0 thru 4.1)
4.2 UMBILICAL INTERFACE ENVIRONMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS
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 HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER
7.3.3 LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER
7.3.4 LOW VOLTAGE POWER CHARACTERISTICS
7.5 CARGO ELEMENT ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION AND ISOLATION
7.6 EMERGENCY POWER AVAILABILITY AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
8.0 AVIONICS PHYSICAL INTERFACES (Sections 8.0 thru 8.1)
8.2 RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFACES (Sections 8.2 thru 8.2.1)
8.2.2 SPACE-TO SPACE STATION RADIO (SSSR)
8.2.3 Ku-BAND RENDEZVOUS RADAR INTERFACES
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 EMISSION ENVIRONMENT
10.7.3 CARGO-PRODUCED EMISSION ENVIRONMENT
10.7.4 AVIONICS ELECTRICAL COMPATIBILITY
10.8 NUCLEAR RADIATION, CARGO BAY LIGHTING, CARGO BAY FERRY FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS
11.0 OTHER INTERFACE CONSTRAINTS AND LIMITATIONS (Sections 11.0 thru 11.1.1)
11.2.2 SHUTTLE PRIMARY (PRCS) AND VERNIER RCS (VRCS) ENGINES
13.0 ELECTRICAL WIRING INTERFACES AND ALLOCATIONS (Sections 13.0 thru 13.2)
13.3 CONNECTORS/INTERFACES AND PIN ASSIGNMENTS
14.0 JOINT SHUTTLE/SPACE STATION PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
APPENDIX A ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
APPENDIX I PAYLOAD ATTACH-POINT STATIC LIMIT-LOAD CAPABILITY
APPENDIX S ORBITER TO STATION INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS
APPENDIX X ALTERNATE TRUNNION LENGTH SELECTION CRITERIA AND DEFLECTION DATA