HEICO’s 3D-Plus Subsidiary Supplies Mission-Critical Parts for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
August 13 2018 - 12:47PM
Business Wire
HEICO Corporation (NYSE: HEI.A) (NYSE: HEI) reported today that
its 3D-Plus subsidiary supplied mission-critical equipment for
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which launched yesterday from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
HEICO’s Buc, France-based 3D-Plus provided multiple data memory
modules, as well as an amplifier for the Magnetometer, which will
be used by the French National Center for Scientific Research to
measure magnetic field changes. Historically, 3D-Plus’ parts have
been relied on for many high-profile space missions, such as: Juno,
New Horizons, Dawn and Orion.
The Parker Solar Probe is tasked with traveling closer to the
Sun’s corona than any other human space mission has before. The
spacecraft is expected to reach the Sun over the next 7 years and
will get within 3.83 million miles of the solar surface. At its
closest approach, the Parker Solar Probe will travel at a top speed
of approximately 430,000 miles per hour, making it the fastest
human-made object ever. Additionally, the spacecraft will have to
withstand about 500 times the solar radiation experienced on earth
and will be heated to approximately 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Only
recently has technology been developed to withstand such a
strenuous mission; according to Dr. Adam Szabo, NASA’s mission
scientist for the Parker Solar Probe, “NASA was planning to send a
mission to the solar corona for decades, however, we did not have
the technology that could protect a spacecraft and its instruments
from the heat.”
Major goals of the mission include: understanding
coronal-heating patterns, particle-acceleration dynamics, magnetic
field changes, space weather movements and star’s general behaviors
and characteristics.
Laurans A. Mendelson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
HEICO Corporation, along with Victor H. Mendelson, HEICO’s
Co-President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electronics
Technologies Group, jointly commented, “HEICO congratulates the
entire NASA team and could not be more proud that 3D-Plus helped
make their mission possible. The Parker Solar Probe is truly
pushing mankind’s boundaries and frontiers into uncharted
territories. We thank the entire 3D-Plus team for their continued
hard work and commitment to unparalleled excellence.”
Pierre Maurice, 3D-Plus’ President and Co-Founder, stated, “Our
team at 3D-Plus is honored to work with NASA and its suppliers to
support such a daring and meaningful mission. We look forward
working with these partners on ambitious, future endeavors. I also
thank the world-class team at 3D-Plus for their fantastic
efforts.”
HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in the design,
production, servicing and distribution of products and services to
certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical,
telecommunications and electronics industries through its
Hollywood, Florida-based Flight Support Group and its Miami,
Florida-based Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO’s customers
include a majority of the world’s airlines and overhaul shops, as
well as numerous defense and space contractors and military
agencies worldwide, in addition to medical, telecommunications and
electronics equipment manufacturers. For more information about
HEICO, please visit our website at http://www.heico.com.
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