Overview
- Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai inaugurated the Antariksh Sangwari space centre on February 3 at Government Higher Secondary School in Rakhi, Nava Raipur.
- The chief minister said similar centres will be established across all districts to nurture scientific temper in students, with implementation details yet to be outlined.
- The centre was developed with the Raipur district administration, IDYM Foundation and the SARDA Group.
- Reported features include a clean room, a student satellite laboratory, a ground station and a mission control centre, with programmes to teach satellite construction, tracking, weather forecasting and cloud mapping.
- At the launch event, Sai and astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla initiated a student-built rocket from Jashpur that organizers said used cardboard and PVC, and Shukla shared highlights from his recent ISS mission.