Three HEICO Subsidiaries Supply Mission-Critical Parts for NASA’s InSight and MarCO Cube Satellites
November 26 2018 - 3:59PM
Business Wire
Sierra Microwave, VPT and 3D-Plus
Subsidiaries Provide Components On Board All Three Vehicles
HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI.A) (NYSE:HEI) today reported that
its Sierra Microwave Technology (“Sierra Microwave”), VPT, Inc.
(“VPT”) and 3D-Plus (“3D-Plus”) subsidiaries supplied
mission-critical equipment for NASA’s landing vehicle named InSight
(“InSight”), which launched in May 2018 alongside two, twin cube
satellites, called Mars Cube One (“MarCO CubeSats”). With
assistance from the twin MarCO CubeSats, InSight landed on Mars at
approximately 3pm Eastern Standard Time today.
Georgetown, TX-based Sierra Microwave supplied medium power
isolators on board InSight’s X Band Transmitter. Blacksburg,
VA-based VPT provided hybrid DC-to-DC converters to assist with
InSight’s interior exploration efforts. Buc, France-based 3D-Plus
provided data memory modules on board InSight and the twin MarCO
CubeSats. The memory modules on board InSight will store key pieces
of information procured during the mission and the parts on board
the MarCO CubeSats will facilitate communications between the
landing vehicle and Earth.
Sierra Microwave, VPT and 3D-Plus have been critical suppliers
for many high-profile space missions in the past, such as:
ICESat-2, Parker Solar Probe, Juno, New Horizons, Dawn and
Orion.
InSight, which is the acronym for Interior Exploration using
Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is intended to
perform a thorough study of Mars’ interior surface. This study will
allow NASA scientists to understand the formation and evolution of
the terrestrial planet.
Separately, the MarCO CubeSats, which are about the size of a
briefcase, are a pioneering innovation in spacecraft. While the
satellites’ main goal is to provide communications assistance
between InSight and Earth, the small satellites withstood the
winding, 300 million mile voyage between Earth and Mars. MarCO is
allowing space exploration at a much reduced cost, which is widely
believed to deliver the value of 10 launches in one mission.
Troy Rodriguez, Sierra Microwave’s President and Founder, Dan
Sable, VPT’s CEO and Co-Founder, and Pierre Maurice, 3D-Plus’
President and Co-Founder, jointly stated: “We are honored to
partner with NASA and its suppliers to support InSight and MarCO
CubeSats. Our companies strive to be world-class leaders in these
daring missions. We thank our teams for their outstanding work
ethic and brilliance.”
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 HEICO’s Electronics
Technologies Group, jointly commented, “We are, once again, happy
to congratulate NASA on its amazing efforts. The agency’s level of
perseverance, innovation and pioneering efforts continues to push
humankind’s boundaries. As always, we thank Sierra Microwave, VPT
and 3D-Plus for their outstanding accomplishments and are humbled
by their persistent excellence.”
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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Victor H. Mendelson (305) 374-1745
Troy Rodriguez (512) 869- 5007
Dan Sable (540) 552-5000
Pierre Maurice +33 (0) 130 832 650
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