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Safe mode

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005026

A protective operating state that a spacecraft enters automatically after detecting a serious fault, in which nonessential systems are switched off, the vehicle holds a stable attitude with its solar arrays toward the Sun, and the craft waits for commands from the ground. Controllers must diagnose the fault and send commands before normal operations resume.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005026
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAviation maintenance
TranslationsGerman: Sicherheitsmodus; Spanish: modo seguro; French: mode sans échec
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005026",
  "term": "Safe mode",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A protective operating state that a spacecraft enters automatically after detecting a serious fault, in which nonessential systems are switched off, the vehicle holds a stable attitude with its solar arrays toward the Sun, and the craft waits for commands from the ground. Controllers must diagnose the fault and send commands before normal operations resume.",
  "subject": "Aviation maintenance",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Sicherheitsmodus",
    "es": "modo seguro",
    "fr": "mode sans échec"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/safe-mode/"
}

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