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This Standard specifies: • Requirements for the following crimping wire terminations intended for high reliability electrical connections for use on customer spacecraft and associated equipment operating under high vacuum, thermal cycling and launch vibration: • removable contacts, single wires • removable contacts, multiple wires • coaxial connectors, ferrules • lugs and splices. NOTE - These are the most common used crimping wire termination and are represented in Figure 1 1. • The general conditions to be met for the approval of terminations other than the above mentioned ones. NOTE - Additional forms of crimps, not covered in this standard, are listed (not exhaustively) in the informative Annex A. • Product assurance provisions for both the specific and the generic terminations mentioned above. • Training and certification requirements for operators and inspectors (clause 5.5.2), additional to those specified in ECSS Q ST-20. This standard may be tailored for the specific characteristics and constraints of a space project, in conformance with ECSS-S-ST-00.