re: Cosmos 2361 or Signal 1

jhunt@radix.net
Mon, 28 Dec 98 03:57:07 

Jonathan's Space Report (Draft)
 
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/jsr/latest.html

reports that the recent launch of Cosmos 2361 was an 
addition to the Parus navigation constellation which 
would make up the following:

COSMOS-2361                                      1013 x 969
1 25590U 98076A   98360.86257628  .00001276  00000-0  13793-2 0    72
2 25590  82.9345  60.3348 0030062 268.6203  91.1506 13.72301476   271
COSMOS 2341                                      1015 x 977
1 24772U 97017A   98361.02427666 -.00000085  00000-0 -11104-3 0  1601
2 24772  82.9196 333.2734 0025905 352.0714   8.0029 13.71051238 84740

COSMOS 2339                                      1416 x 1412
1 24727U 97006C   98358.99052573  .00000011  00000-0  00000+0 0  1664
2 24727  82.6046 156.4980 0002152 142.0022 218.1221 12.62181913 85648

COSMOS 2336                                      1014 x 977
1 24677U 96071A   98360.53430323  .00000015  00000-0  00000+0 0  1782
2 24677  82.9412  36.3964 0025204  23.5724 336.6581 13.71080953100887
COSMOS 2334                                      1012 x 966
1 24304U 96052A   98358.37686619  .00000245  00000-0  24809-3 0  3018
2 24304  82.9302 304.3076 0031547  98.4240 262.0488 13.72937194115181
COSMOS 2327                                      1021 x 951
1 23773U 96004A   98358.91995144  .00000020  00000-0  49810-5 0  2752
2 23773  82.9724 308.1704 0047161 167.6489 192.5838 13.73772589147357
COSMOS 2310                                      1013 x 978
1 23526U 95012A   98360.90206756  .00000015  00000-0  00000+0 0  3478
2 23526  82.9399 337.6070 0023490  53.9729 306.3599 13.71192288188531
COSMOS 2279                                      1007 x 956
1 23092U 94024A   98360.54459546  .00000035  00000-0  20256-4 0  4513
2 23092  82.9507  93.2202 0034692 209.0379 150.8851 13.75047514234375
COSMOS 2266                                      1021 x 948
1 22888U 93070A   98360.18681334  .00000016  00000-0  00000+0 0  5337
2 22888  82.9513 303.4995 0049700  95.4180 265.2653 13.74288200255453
COSMOS 2239                                      999 x 966
1 22590U 93020A   98358.53580260  .00000080  00000-0  68389-4 0  7314
2 22590  82.9304  30.5930 0021918 214.6252 145.3481 13.74800541287533
COSMOS 2218                                      1015 x 967
1 22207U 92073A   98358.51305914  .00000056  00000-0  44457-4 0  7284
2 22207  82.9207   4.4056 0032724 157.0046 203.2583 13.72335919308190


Cosmos 2339 doesn't seem to fit in too well with the others 
with it's higher orbit and larger period and slightly different
inclination. 
Can anyone comment as to the accuracy of Cosmos 2339
being part of the Parus navigation system?

Jeff Hunt