Vela
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Vela may refer to:
- VelaVela (constellation)Vela is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the sails of a ship, and it was originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis, which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis.-Stars:...
, a constellation (the Sails) - Vela PulsarVela PulsarThe Vela Pulsar is a radio, optical, X-ray and gamma-emitting pulsar associated with Vela Supernova Remnant, in the constellation of Vela.- Supernova origins :...
, a pulsarPulsarA pulsar is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. The radiation can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing towards the Earth. This is called the lighthouse effect and gives rise to the pulsed nature that gives pulsars their name...
in the constellation of Vela - Project VelaProject VelaProject Vela was a project by the United States to develop and implement methods to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty. The development work was primarily performed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency and was overseen by the United States Air Force.Project Vela consisted...
, a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the Partial Test Ban Treaty- Vela (satellite)Vela (satellite)Vela was the name of a group of satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, and other nuclear-capable states. It means vigil or "watch" in Spanish.Vela started out as a small...
, a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing- Vela IncidentVela IncidentThe Vela Incident was an unidentified "double flash" of light that was detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on September 22, 1979....
- An international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a joint Israeli/South African nuclear test
- Vela Incident
- Vela (satellite)
- Nemmara Vallangi Vela, an annual festival of a village called Nemmara in South India
- Vela International MarineVela International MarineVela International Marine Limited is a Saudi Aramco-owned company headquartered on the 7th floor of City Tower 2 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Vela, established in 1984, currently owns 29 oil tankers most of which are Very Large Crude Carriers...
, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco - Carlos VelaCarlos VelaCarlos Alberto Vela Garrido is a Mexican association football player, currently playing as a striker for La Liga club Real Sociedad on loan from Arsenal. He also plays for the Mexico national football team. He started his career at Mexican club C.D...
, a Mexican footballer, playing for Real SociedadReal SociedadReal Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909... - Blasco Núñez VelaBlasco Núñez VelaBlasco Núñez Vela y Villalba was the first Spanish viceroy of Peru, from May 15, 1544 to January 18, 1546. He was charged by King Charles I with the enforcement of the controversial New Laws, which dealt with the failure of the encomienda system to protect the indigenous people of America from the...
, viceroy of Peru - VelaVela, DoljVela is a commune in Dolj County, Romania with a population of 2,420 people. It is composed of eight villages: Bucovicior, Cetăţuia, Desnăţui, Gubaucea, Segleţ, Suharu, Ştiubei, Vela....
, a commune in Dolj CountyDolj CountyDolj -Jiu, "lower Jiu", toward Gorj ) is a county of Romania, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova .- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 734,231 and a population density of 99/km²....
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... - Vela (genus), a genus of land crabs in the family GecarcinucidaeGecarcinucidaeGecarcinucidae is a family of freshwater crabs. Some scientists also include the genera placed in the family Parathelphusidae in a larger Gecarcinucidae....
- Vela, a playable character in the video game Jet Force GeminiJet Force GeminiJet Force Gemini is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Rare. It was exclusively released for the Nintendo 64 in late 1999 in North America, Europe and Japan...