Vela
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Vela can refer to:
- Vela is a constellation.
- Vela satellites were a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing.
- Project Vela was a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty.
- Vela, a small town in Argentina from the Spanish for candle.
- Vela, a commune in Dolj County, Romania
- Vela or Nemmara Vallangi Vela is an annual festival of a village called Nemmara in the state of Kerala in South India. This festival, famous for its fireworks and the processions of richly caparisoned elephants, attracts huge crowds from both within and outside India.
- Vela International Marine, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco that is responsible for shipping petroleum overseas.