Progress M-4

 1990-072A

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Progress M 11F615A55 No. 204 (Progress M-4) was launched in Aug 1990. It docked with Mir on Aug 17 delivering 2689 kg of cargo. After undocking on Sep 18 it carried out the Fokus plasma gun experiment injecting plasma into the ionosphere. One debris object was cataloged prior to reentry, possibly related to Fokus. 

Progress M-4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Aug 15	0400:38	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	0405	Blok-I burn
	0409	Blok-I sep
	0840		88.52 183 x 219 x 51.61
	1200		89.70 249 x 269 x 51.60
1990 Aug 16	0700		89.73 250 x 271 x 51.61
1990 Aug 17	0230		89.71 249 x 270 x 51.61
	0526:18	Docked with Mir DP1
1990 Aug 18	1000		92.03 367 x 380 x 51.61
1990 Sep 17	1242:43	Undocked
1990 Sep 18	0500		92.37 373 x 407 x 51.61
	0620	Fokus plasma source release
1990 Sep 19	1730	Object 72C tracked
1990 Sep 20	1105	Retrofire
	1142:49	Reentered over Pacific

Kosmos 1008

 1978-049A

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This was the third Tselina-OK satellite.

Kosmos-1008
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 May 17	1439	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
	1441	S3 burn
	1447?	T+8m? S3 MECO-1
	1512?	T+33m? S3 MES-2
	1512?	S3 sep
1978 May 17			95.1 499x549x74.0
1981 Jan 8		reentered

Meteor-1 18

  1974-052A

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Meteor 11F614M No. 24 was launched on 1974 Jul 9. It was a prototype of the new Meteor-Priroda series. The satellite was later given the designation Meteor-Priroda 11F651 No. 1. It was the second mission to carry a low thrust plasma engine. 

Meteor-Priroda No. 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Jul 9	1440	Launch by Vostok 8A92M	PL
	1444?	Blok E burn
	1450?	Blok E sep
			102.6 865 x 893 x 81.2
1975 Nov			103.1 890 x 918 x 81.2
1976 Oct 28		end of ops

Kosmos 305

  1969-092

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Kosmos-305 (E-8-5 No. 404) suffered the same fate as Kosmos-300 in the following month's launch window. Various reports claimed that the Blok-D disintegrated or that the payload may have entered a high orbit, but the modern consensus seems to be that the second burn was cut short and occurred at the wrong orientation, with rapid reentry of the payload and Blok-D.

Kosmos-305
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Oct 22	1409:59	Launch by Proton-K	KB LC81
	1412?	Stage 2 burn
	1415?	Stage 3 burn
	1419	Stage 3 sep	-800? x 210 x 51.5
	1425?	Blok-D burn 1
	1427?	Blok-D cutoff 1, parking orbit	182 x 210 x 51.5?
	1436?	Stage 3 reentry
	1520?	Blok-D burn 2
	1520?	SOZ burn
	1520?	SOZ sep (92A/B)
	1530?	Blok-D MECO?	70? x 187? x 51.5
	1615	Reentry over Australia?

IRS-1A

 1988-021A

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IRS-1A took off from Baikonur aboard a Vostok 8A92M on a southbond trajectory to polar sun-synchronous orbit.

IRS-1A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Mar 17	0643:30	Launch by Vostok 8A92M	KB LC31
	0645:30	Blok-BVGD sep (T+2:00)
	0646:30	Fairing sep (T+3:00), 160 km
	0648:40	Blok-A cutoff, Blok-E burn (T+5:10)
	0654:30	Blok-E cutoff (T+11:00)
	0654:40	Payload release (T+11:10)
			102.82 870 x 914 x 99.0
1988 Apr 7		Complete orbit maneuvers
1991		Still operating
1995 Mar 17		On standby status

Payload:

• Radiometers

• LISS cameras - linear imaging self scanning CCD

• LISS 1: 72m res, 148 km swath, 4000-9000A in 4 bands

• LISS 2: 36m res, 74 km swath, 4000-9000A in 4 bands