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Vela

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Vela

Summary

Vela has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • Vela is a type of artificial satellite[2].
  • Vela's Commons category is recorded as Vela (satellites)[3].
  • Vela's type of orbit is recorded as high Earth orbit[4].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Vela include Vela incident[5], a nuclear weapons testing[6], in South Africa[7].

Why It Matters

Vela has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Entities named for Vela include Vela incident[5], a nuclear weapons testing[6], in South Africa[7].

Related Entities

artificial satellite

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Vela5b.jpg
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → —
    Type of orbit → high Earth orbit
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 2776444349
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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