A business co-founded by an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will soon fly a mission to demonstrate the first privately funded Wi-Fi and Internet service in space.

At an undisclosed launch date, Solstar Space Company CEO Brian Barnett (MAS, Business, ’88) says Solstar’s demonstration payload will fly on the next flight of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule launch vehicle. The craft will launch from – and land at – Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Facility (WTLF), located on Bezos’ huge ranch north of Van Horn, Texas.