bɹˈaɪən bˈɑːɹnɪt, sætwˈɛst pɹˈɛzɪdənt, lˈɛd ɐ tˈiːm ʌv ˈælbəkˌɜːki stˈuːdənts ðæt sˈɛnt ðə fˈɜːst kəmˈɜːʃəl tˈɛkst mˈɛsɪdʒᵻz tə spˈeɪs jˈuːzɪŋ ɐ sætwˈɛst sˈæɾəlˌaɪt fˈoʊn ɪnsˈaɪd wˈʌn ʌv ˈeɪt pˈeɪloʊdz kˈæɹid baɪ ðɪ ˌɛsˈɛl ˈeɪt.
Brian Barnett, Satwest President, led a team of Albuquerque students that sent the first commercial text messages to space using a Satwest satellite phone inside one of eight payloads carried by the SL-8.