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                                  EXHIBIT 5.1
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           [LETTERHEAD OF MIRICK, O'CONNELL, DEMALLIE & LOUGEE, LLP]


                                        __________________, 2000


Telaxis Communications Corporation
20 Industrial Drive East
South Deerfield, MA  01373

     Re:  Telaxis Communications Corporation
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to Telaxis Communications Corporation, a
Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation
and filing of a registration statement (including the preliminary prospectus
contained therein, the "Registration Statement") on Form S-1 (File No. 333-
87885) with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the registration
of ____________________ shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $.01
per share (the "Common Stock"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.

     In rendering this opinion, we have examined and relied upon executed
originals or copies of executed originals of the following:

     1. The Registration Statement;

     2. The Amended and Restated Articles of Organization of the Company, as
        amended to date;

     3. The Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, as amended to date; and

     4. Such other certificates, documents, resolutions and instruments we have
        deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of this opinion.

     In our examination of the above documents, instruments and agreements, we
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.  For purposes of
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Telaxis Communications Corporation

__________________, 1999
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this opinion we have relied upon records of public officials and upon certain
statements of the Company contained in the documents set forth or referred to
above, which we have not independently verified, and nothing has come to our
attention leading us to question the accuracy of such information. We have not
made any independent review or investigation of any other agreements,
instruments, governmental rules or regulations, orders, writs, judgments or
decrees by which the Company or any of its properties may be bound, nor have we
made any independent investigation as to the existence of actions, suits,
investigations or proceedings, if any, pending or threatened against the Company
or any of its properties.

     We have made such examination of Massachusetts and federal laws as we have
deemed relevant for purposes of this opinion, and we have not made any review of
the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.  Accordingly, we express no opinion
on the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the United States and the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Common Stock has been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered as
described in the Registration Statement against payment described therein, will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading "Legal
Matters" therein.  This opinion may not be relied upon or used for any other
purpose or by any other person without our prior written consent.



                                       Very truly yours,



                                       MIRICK, O'CONNELL, DEMALLIE & LOUGEE, LLP