bus

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000517",
  "term": "bus",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The primary spacecraft structure containing power, temperature control, and directional thrusters of the satellite that provides locations for the payloads.\n\n2. The infrastructure of a space platform typically consisting of the basic physical structures, mechanisms, and subsystems for propulsion, power, thermal control, attitude determination and control, and TT&C (telemetry, tracking, and command) communications and processing.",
  "references": [
    "NIST IR 8401 from NASA/TP-20210021263; NIST IR 8441 from NASA/TP-20210021263",
    "NIST IR 8270",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/bus/"
}