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Li Auto says it will push for “major overseas growth” this year

TechNode

Chinas Li Auto has established after-sales and service centers in several Middle Eastern countries and set up an independent department to oversee its efforts to boost its international expansion. New model launches are another growth pillar for Li Auto.

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Chinese luxury EV brand Zeekr continues global push into Kazakhstan

TechCrunch

Zeekr, the luxury electric vehicle brand under China’s Geely Automobile Holdings, says it will launch its Zeekr 001 shooting brake and Zeekr X SUV in Kazakhstan by the fourth quarter of 2023. Kazakhstan, a key market in Central Asia, marks Zeekr’s third geographic expansion announcement in recent months.

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Geely’s EV brand Zeekr enters the Kazakhstan market

TechNode

Zeekr, an electric vehicle brand under Chinese automaker Geely, announced the launch of two vehicle models, the Zeekr 001 and Zeekr X, for the Kazakhstan market on August 7. Orbis Auto is an automotive group that has provided distribution and after-sales services for brands such as Geely, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and Cadillac in Kazakhstan.

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Astroscale sets March 2021 for first commercial orbital debris removal demonstration

TechCrunch

This demonstration mission, which is called the “End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration” (ELSA-d for short) will take off from Kazakhstan, launched via a Russian Soyuz rocket. The company recently acquired assets of an Israeli company focused on that endeavor in order to bolster that parallel mission.

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Astroscale launches its ELSA-d orbital debris removal satellite

TechCrunch

Space startup Astroscale has launched ELSA-d, the demonstration mission for its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA) technology, which aims to dock with, and then safely remove, orbital debris. It’s the first Astroscale spacecraft to reach orbit, since the startup’s founding in 2013 by Japanese entrepreneur Nobu Okada.

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Astroscale successfully demos in-space capture-and-release system to clear orbital debris

TechCrunch

The End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission was launched in March, with the goal of validating the company’s orbital debris removal tech. The demonstration today showed that the servicer — a model of Astroscale’s future product — can successfully magnetically capture and release other spacecraft.

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Russia suspends Soyuz rocket launches over European sanctions

The Verge

As Space.com points out, European launch provider Arianespace uses Roscosmo’s Soyuz rockets to launch satellites from French Guiana and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (@roscosmos) February 26, 2022. Nor does this decision put the continued development of these infrastructures at risk.”.

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