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Standard
ECSS-Q-ST-40C Rev.1Definition
action or condition by which a hazardous event is initiated (an initiating event)Notes
- NOTE 1 The cause can arise as the result of failure, human error, design inadequacy, induced or natural environment, system configuration or operational mode(s).
- NOTE 2 This definition is specific to this Standard, when used in the context of hazard analysis.
Relations
- ECSS-M-ST-80C — (risk) scenario
- ECSS-Q-ST-40-02C — CC&M
- ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — common cause failure
- ECSS-E-ST-40C — condition
- ECSS-Q-ST-80C Rev.1 — condition
- ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — corrective action
- ECSS-Q-ST-70-39C — critical structure
- ECSS-E-ST-33-11C Rev.1 — energetic material
- ECSS-E-ST-20-01C — event
- ECSS-E-ST-40-07C — event
- ECSS-E-ST-70-31C — event
- ECSS-E-ST-70-32C — event
- ECSS-E-ST-32-01C Rev. 1 — fail-safe
- ECSS-Q-ST-70-46C Rev. 1 — fail-safe
- ECSS-E-ST-32C Rev. 1 — fail-safe structure
- ECSS-Q-ST-30C Rev.1 — failure scenario
- ECSS-Q-ST-40-02C — hazard scenario
- ECSS-Q-ST-40C Rev.1 — hazard scenario
- ECSS-Q-ST-40-02C — hazardous
- ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — hazardous event
- ECSS-E-ST-70C — incident
- ECSS-E-ST-32-02C Rev. 1 — leak-before-burst (LBB)
- ECSS-E-ST-10-12C — LET Threshold
- ECSS-E-ST-70-11C — locally-critical function
- ECSS-E-ST-10-03C — maximum expected shock
- ECSS-E-ST-70-11C — mission-critical function
- ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — preventive action
- ECSS-E-ST-35-06C Rev.2 — silting
- ECSS-E-ST-10-04C Rev.1 — single-event upset (SEU), single-event effect (SEE), single-event latch-up (SEL)
- ECSS-E-ST-70-11C — vital function
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