Talk:Satellite bus

Merge
This page is redundant to the material covered in Satellite. Satellite contains a section which more correctly describes a "Satellite Bus". Can this sub-page be deleted? and links to this page be updated to use the This page is redundant to the material covered in Satellite. Satellite, Satellite B section? dnjh (talk) 03:45, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I suggest that that material is moved here. -- GW_SimulationsUser Page 07:55, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've merged the two articles. See template above for a link to the appropriate diff. — V = I * R  (talk) 07:38, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Bus referring to all satellites
I have heard, read, and seen the word "bus" to describe any base satellite or spacecraft primary structure. It is not limited to satellites that are sort of "off the shelf". See for example the JWST bus; see the "JWST Observatory: The Spacecraft Bus". Clearly there is nothing in common between JWST and any other spacecraft. So it is that the word "bus" refers to the part of a satellite or spacecraft that is NOT the payload(s). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.183.217.26 (talk) 21:10, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

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Work needed
Please rewrite the first sentence to say what kind of thing a "satellite bus" is. I.e., is it a rocket? A spacecraft? A satellite? This most basic question, the one thing Wikipedia should say, is not answered here.Sullidav (talk) 17:55, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Merger discussion with service module
What is the difference between Satellite bus and Service module ?

Is it necessary to have two pages ? --Io Herodotus (talk) 07:38, 2 October 2020 (UTC)


 * OPPOSE Yes, it is. A service module is a component of a crewed spacecraft. The term "satellite" generally connotes uncrewed spacecraft commonly used for geosynchronous satellites, particularly communications satellites. Also, the term service module connotes that it is only part of a spacecraft, and therefore would not constitute a complete bus as I understand the term. Notice there are no service modules or crewed spacecraft on the Examples list JustinTime55 (talk) 16:03, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok This proposition will be removed after the delay is over. I think it's one month. --Io Herodotus (talk) 12:20, 27 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose per JustinTime55. --Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 13:26, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

The Name
As a kid I remember being confused at the name - what did they have to do with public transport? It's obviously derived from Bus (computing) and by extension an electrical busbar but is there a source as to why the name came about? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 11:37, 31 July 2021 (UTC)