HEICO Corp. Congratulates NASA & JPL on Successful Mars Perseverance Landing on Which Four Subsidiaries Supplied Components
19 Fevereiro 2021 - 01:56PM
Business Wire
HEICO Corporation (NYSE: HEI.A) (NYSE: HEI) today congratulated
NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and their partners on the
successful Mars Perseverance Rover Landing yesterday, February 18,
2021. Once again, NASA and JPL demonstrated remarkable talent and
capabilities despite a year of great challenges for the world’s
population and they remain a beacon of optimism for all people.
In addition, HEICO provided details about the mission-critical
flight hardware which four different HEICO subsidiaries supplied
for the mission. The HEICO subsidiaries supplying mission-critical
flight hardware are: Apex Microtechnology, Sierra Microwave
Technology, 3D PLUS and VPT, Inc., all of which are part of HEICO’s
Electronic Technologies Group.
Tucson, AZ-based Apex Microtechnology supplied its proprietary
10 Ampere, 90 Volt Power Amplifiers for Perseverance’s Scanning
Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics
& Chemicals (nicknamed the “SHERLOC”). The SHERLOC is mounted
on the rover's robotic arm and it uses cameras, spectrometers, and
a laser to search for organics and minerals that have been altered
by watery environments and may be signs of past microbial life.
Georgetown, TX-based Sierra Microwave produced microwave
hardware utilized in the X band communication system on the
spacecraft that was jettisoned just prior to the lander setting
down on the surface of Mars. Sierra provided these same components
on the Mars Curiosity mission, which landed in 2012.
Buc, France-based 3D PLUS supplied numerous highly reliable
components, such as volatile and non-volatile memory modules (SRAM,
SDRAM, NAND Flash, NOR Flash and DDR2), Latch up Current Limiters,
Interfaces, as well as their unique CMOS space qualified camera
head. Embedded in multiple Perseverance instruments on the rover
itself, 3D PLUS’ products offer high reliability, radiation
tolerance and weight savings resulting from their unique stacking
technology that allows a high level of miniaturization.
The unique 3D PLUS space qualified CMOS camera head is embedded
inside the SuperCam instrument. It is used as a Micro-Imager,
assisting in the selection and targeting of the rocks to be
analyzed by the Raman Spectrometer. The result of an R&D
project supported by CNES, the French Space Agency, this camera
module integrates all the electronic functions of a complete
imaging system including memories, processor, power supply and a 4
Mpx high resolution CMOS sensor providing color images. With a
design based on the 3D stacking technology, this camera module
features an ultra-compact packaging (35 x 35 x 23 mm, 64 g).
Blacksburg, VA-based VPT, Inc. supplied several products built
into the mission, including several SVR Series isolated DC-DC
converters, point-of-load DC-DC converters, and EMI filters that
help power Perseverance’s camera system and onboard processing
system.
Specifically designed for applications facing the harsh
radiation environments of space, the SVR Series of DC-DC converters
has been characterized to Total Ionizing Dose (TID) of 100
krad(Si), including Enhanced Low Dose Rate Sensitivity (ELDRS), and
Single Event Effects (SEE) performance to 85 MeV/mg/cm2.
Performance is guaranteed through the use of hardened semiconductor
components, radiation lot acceptance testing (RLAT) of non-hardened
components, and analysis.
Launched in July 2020, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission made its final
descent to the Red Planet and successfully landed on Jezero Crater
on February 18th. Perseverance used a guided entry, descent and
landing system, already demonstrated for Curiosity rover. For this
critical step of the mission, NASA added new entry, descent and
landing technologies, such as Terrain-Relative Navigation (TRN), a
system allowing the rover to detect and avoid hazardous terrain by
diverting around it during its descent through the Martian
atmosphere.
Perseverance will spend at least one Mars year (two Earth years)
exploring the landing site region. The rover will seek signs of
ancient microbial life and collect rocks and soil samples for
possible return to Earth. This is also the opportunity for NASA to
pave the way for future human exploration missions to the Moon and
Mars.
Laurans A. Mendelson, HEICO’s Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, and Victor H. Mendelson, HEICO’s Co-President and CEO of
the Company’s Electronic Technologies Group, commented, “Once
again, we are brimming with pride that HEICO businesses and Team
Members provided mission-critical and high-reliability space flight
hardware on such a significant mission. We congratulate all of the
HEICO Team Members involved in these activities, as we marvel at
the amazing missions undertaken by NASA, JPL and their
partners.”
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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