Vega (disambiguation)
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Vega
is a star in the constellation Lyra.
Vega may also refer to:
Vega
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus...
is a star in the constellation Lyra.
Vega may also refer to:
Aerospace
- Vega (crater)Vega (crater)Vega is an eroded lunar crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon. It lies on the near side and so can be viewed from the Earth. Less than one crater diameter to the east-southeast is the slightly smaller Peirescius. About one and a half crater diameters to the west is the long...
, a lunar crater - Vega (rocket)
- Vega programVega programThe Vega program was a series of Venus missions which also took advantage of the appearance of Comet Halley in 1986. Vega 1 and Vega 2 were unmanned spacecraft launched in a cooperative effort among the Soviet Union and Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Poland,...
, a series of space missions - Lockheed VegaLockheed Vega|-See also:-References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Allen, Richard Sanders. Revolution in the Sky: Those Fabulous Lockheeds, The Pilots Who Flew Them. Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Greene Press, 1964....
, an American 6-seater monoplane produced 1927-1931 - Percival Vega GullPercival Vega Gull|-See also:-Bibliography:* Ellison, Norman H. Percivals Aircraft . Chalford, Stroud, UK: Chalford Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7524-0774-0....
, a British 4-seater aircraft produced 1935-1939 - Vega Aircraft CorporationVega Aircraft CorporationThe Vega Aircraft Corporation was a subsidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft Company responsible for much of its parent company's production in World War II. The company was first formed in August 1937 as the AiRover Company to produce a new lightplane design...
, a subsidiary of Lockheed - Vega spaceVega spaceVEGA Space Ltd is a Space company, based in Hertfordshire, UK. Founded in 1978 by a small group of engineers at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, VEGA now works with Space agencies, satellite operators and manufacturers around the world...
Ltd, a Space company based in HertfordshireHertfordshireHertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, UK. Founded in 1978 by a small group of engineers at the European Space Operations CentreEuropean Space Operations CentreThe European Space Operations Centre is responsible for controlling ESA satellites and space probes. The centre is located in Darmstadt, Germany. It is Mission Control for most of the space projects of the ESA. Since its creation in 1967, the centre has operated 60 European space missions...
(ESOC) in DarmstadtDarmstadtDarmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, Germany. - Slingsby Vega, a British 15-metre class glider
Geography
- Vega, NorwayVega, NorwayVega is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gladstad. Other villages include Holand and Ylvingen....
- Vega, Haninge, Sweden
- Vega, California, United States
- Vega, TexasVega, TexasVega is a city in Oldham County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat of Oldham County . The population was 936 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2009, U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 896....
, United States
Fiction
- Vega (planet), a planet in the works of Isaac Asimov
- Vega (Street Fighter)Vega (Street Fighter)Vega is a fictional character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. Vega is a masked, claw-wielding warrior from Spain who uses a personal fighting style combining Japanese Ninjutsu and Bullfighting, earning him the nickname the "Spanish Ninja".Vega first appears in the original Street...
- M. BisonM. BisonM. Bison, known in Japan as Vega, is a video game character created by Capcom. First introduced in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, he is a recurring character in the Street Fighter series of fighting games, acting as the final boss and primary antagonist of the Street Fighter II and Street...
, a Street Fighter character named Vega in Japan
- M. Bison
- General Vega, a Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun character
- Vega, a Gear Fighter DendohGear Fighter Dendohis an anime series that aired in Japan. It ran for 38 episodes, from October 4, 2000 to June 27, 2001, on the TV Tokyo network and its affiliates.-Overview:...
character - Vincent Vega, a Pulp Fiction character
- Vic Vega, a Reservoir Dogs character
- King Vega, a Ufo Robot Grendizer character
- Vega Obscura, a Zoids: New Century Zero character
People
- Vega (surname)Vega (surname)Vega is a Spanish surname than means "dweller in the meadow", or "one who lives on the plain". Other versions of the surname Vega are Vegas or Vegaz.People* Alan Vega, singer for the no wave duo Suicide...
, a list of people with the name Vega - Vega (singer)Vega (singer)Mercedes Mígel Carpio , alias Vega, is a Spanish singer-songwriter.Her interest in music started when she was a child. She studied Advertising and Public Relations in Segovia, where she also worked as a waitress. She left her university career to be a contestant in Operación Triunfo 2002, her...
, Spanish singer/songwriter - Vega TamotiaVega TamotiaVega Tamotia is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her performances as Saroja in the same-titled film, and Sobikannu in Pasanga...
, Indian actress
Ships
- Vega (ship)Vega (ship)SS Vega was a Swedish barque, built in Bremerhaven Germany in 1872. She was the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northeast Passage, and the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasian continent.-Construction:...
, a Swedish steamship built in 1872 - USS Vega (SP-734), a yacht used by the US Navy during World War I
- USS Vega (AK-17)USS Vega (AK-17)USS Vega , was a cargo ship of the United States Navy, originally the Lebanon — a single-screw, steel-hulled Type 1022 freighter, built under a United States Shipping Board contract at Hog Island, Pennsylvania, by the American International Shipbuilding Co. Laid down on 8 July 1918, the ship was...
, a US Navy freighter built in 1919 - USS Vega (AF-59)USS Vega (AF-59)USS Vega was a Rigel-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas...
, a US Navy stores ship launched in 1955
Other uses
- Vega SiciliaVega SiciliaBodegas Vega Sicilia is a Spanish winery located in the Ribera del Duero Denominacion de Origen in the north of Spain.The "Vega Sicília" wine is well known as one of the most notable Spanish wines...
, Spanish winery in the Ribera del Duero - Vega (band)Vega (band)Vega is a Turkish alternative rock band, founded by keyboardist Gökhan Mert Koral , vocalist Deniz Özbey, and guitarist Esat Tuğrul Akyüz in 1996. Gökhan Mert Koral left the group in early 2003. They played in many Turkish festivals like Rock 'n Coke...
- Vega (finance)
- Vega (radio network)Vega (radio network)Classic Rock is a network of two Australian commercial radio stations operated by DMG Radio Australia, one in Sydney, the other Melbourne. The Classic Rock stations were previously known as Vega, which was a sister station to DMG's other Australian radio network Nova...
, an Australian network now known as Classic Rock - Vega CompanyVega CompanyThe Vega Company was one of an illustrious group of musical instrument manufacturers trading in Boston, Massachusetts at the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries. The company first took shape in 1881 under the guidance of Swedish-born Julius Nelson, his brother Carl, and a...
, a musical instrument manufacturer - Vega GroupVega GroupIn January 2009, VEGA Group PLC was merged with SELEX Systems Integration Ltd.-See also:# SELEX Galileo, part of Finmeccanica's defence electronics sector# SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a civil and military radar company which is part of Finmeccanica...
, a Russian special forces unit - Vega machine, an electrodiagnostic device
- Chevrolet VegaChevrolet VegaThe Chevrolet Vega is a subcompact, two-door automobile that was produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1971-1977 model years. Named after the star Vega, the car was powered by a lightweight aluminum-block inline four-cylinder engine...
, an American car produced in the 1970s - Facel VegaFacel VegaFacel was a French manufacturer of automobiles from 1954 to 1964.The company was named after the original metal stamping company FACEL, and the company's first model, the Vega, named after the star, was introduced at the 1954 Paris Auto Show...
, a French car manufacturer in operation 1954-1964 - YLE Radio VegaYLE Radio VegaRadio Vega is a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in the Swedish language with headquarters in Helsinki. It is a wide-ranging national public service broadcaster with both speech and voice based programming operated by Yleisradio...
, a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in Swedish - Vertebrate and Genome Annotation ProjectVertebrate and Genome Annotation ProjectThe Vertebrate and Genome Annotation project provides manual curation of vertebrate genomes for the scientific community. The Vega data repository is publicly available, regularly updated and includes annotations of several finished vertebrate genome sequences: human, mouse, zebrafish, pig and...
- Volunteers for Economic Growth AllianceVolunteers for Economic Growth AllianceVolunteers for Economic Growth Alliance is an umbrella group consisting of 17 volunteer economic development organizations. VEGA is usually contracted by United States Agency for International Development for specific project that involve one or more of the member organizations...
(VEGA), an international development group - Vega, a grass valleyGrass valleyA grass valley is a meadow located within a forested and relatively small drainage basin such as a headwater. Grass valleys are common in North America, where they are created and maintained principally by the work of beavers. Rarely, they are associated with cienegas.The words vega and valle...
- Vega IndustriesVega IndustriesVega Industries Limited is a company in Porirua, New Zealand which manufactures specialized navigation and signal lights for use in transportation industries, primarily marine navigation. Vega has been in business since 1972...
, a New Zealand marine light manufacturer