2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. CAS 7B
// communications · 2019

CAS 7B

CAS 7B was launched on July 25, 2019 aboard a Shuang Quxian 1 from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Aug 6, 2019).

COSPAR 2019-043ANORAD 44443China

Identity

Name in GCAT
Bei Ligong 1 hao
Common name
CAS 7B
Payload designation
CAS-7B
Other names
BP-1B,BIT Progress-OSCAR 102,BO-102
International designator
2019-043A
NORAD catalog number
44443
GCAT identifier
S44443
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/948

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
Bei Ligong
Owner
CAMSAT
Country
China
Builder
Beijing Inst. of Technology
Platform (bus)
Cubesat 1.5U

Launch

Date
July 25, 2019 · 05:00 UTC
Launch record
2019-043Success
Spaceport
Jiuquan

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
275 km
Apogee
292 km
Inclination
42.73°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
August 6, 2019
Last known active
Aug 6, 2019
End of operations
Aug 6, 2019

Size

Mass
3 kg
Dry mass
3 kg
Length
0.2 m
Diameter
0.10 m
Span
0.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q67174923 (CC0).