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Constellation Technologies & Operations wants to work with telecom operators to deliver 5G internet from space


The telecom industry is undergoing its greatest period of disruption since the telegraph, as companies work to open up space as the next frontier for

French startup Constellation hopes to take part by repurposing 5G tech to provide a Starlink-like satellite broadband that uses telecoms’ existing assets. An engineer by training, Delfieux spent the majority of his career working at the World Bank, where he acted as program manager leading the structuring and financing of large infrastructure projects in emerging countries. The plan is bolstered by some technological innovations, namely the development of a satellite form factor that will be capable of operating in very low Earth orbit, around 375 kilometers, which Delfieux says will help boost the performance of the system.

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