Back Канопус (операция) Bulgarian Canopus (prueba nuclear) Spanish Canopus (ydinkoe) Finnish Canopus (essai nucléaire) French Canopus (teste nuclear) Portuguese Canopus (test nuclear) Romanian Канопус (ядерное испытание) Russian
| Canopus | |
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&sq=NATO&lang=en&file=File:French_nuclear_test_Canopus.jpg) Canopus mushroom cloud | |
&sq=NATO&lang=en&file=File:Polyn%C3%A9sie_fran%C3%A7aise_collectivity_location_map.svg)  Location of the test site | |
| Information | |
| Country | France |
| Test series | 1966–70 series |
| Test site | Fangataufa, French Polynesia |
| Coordinates | 22°13′40″S 138°38′38″W / 22.22778°S 138.64389°W |
| Date | 24 August 1968 |
| Test type | Atmospheric |
| Test altitude | 520 m |
| Device type | Thermonuclear |
| Yield | 2.6 Mt (10878.4 TJ) |
| Test chronology | |
Canopus (or Opération Canopus) was the codename of the first French two-stage thermonuclear test. It was conducted by the Pacific Carrier Battle Group (nicknamed Alfa Force) on 24 August 1968, at the Pacific Experiments Centre near Fangataufa atoll, French Polynesia.[1] The test made France the fifth country to test a thermonuclear device after the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and China.
- ^ National Assembly of the French Republic (5 February 2001). "Rapport sur les incidences environnementales et sanitaires des essais nucleaires effectues par la France entre 1960 et 1996 et elements de comparaison avec les essais des autres puissances nucleaires" (PDF). assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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