Altair (disambiguation)
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Altair may refer to:
[edit] Astronomy
Altair is a star in the Aquila constellation. It is an abbreviation of the Arabic phrase النسر الطائر, an-nasr aṭ-ṭā’ir (English: The flying eagle).
[edit] Business
- Altair Airlines, a regional airline that operated out of Philadelphia, Pa., from 1966 to 1982
- Altair Semiconductor, a developer of 4G cellular communication semiconductors
- Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.
- Altair Engineering
[edit] Fiction
For the use of the star Altair or its solar system in fiction see Altair in fiction.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Altaïr ibn La-Ahad, a character in the Assassin's Creed video game series
- Altair, a character in the video game Bomberman 64
- Altair the Black Knight, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
- Ratchet Altair, a character in the Sakura Wars universe
- Name of a Mecha in the series Zegapain
- A form taken by the Japanese television character Kamen Rider Zeronos
- Altair is the name of one of Sheik Ilderim's horses in Ben Hur.
- Altair is a mechanical bakugan in Bakugan new vestroia
- Altair is the name of a dragon in the video game Spyro The Dragon
[edit] Fictional settings
- Altair, a town in the video game Final Fantasy II
- Altair IV, the planet on which the film Forbidden Planet is set
[edit] Geography
- Altair, São Paulo, a city in Brazil
- Jabal al-Tair Island, an island in the Red Sea
- Altair, Texas, a town in Colorado County, Texas
[edit] Technology
- Luch, a series of Russian relay satellites also known as Altair
- Altair 8800, known as the microcomputer that sparked the microcomputer revolution
- X-248 Altair, a rocket engine used in several anti-satellite weapons
[edit] Vehicles
- Altair (spacecraft), a lunar lander
- USS Altair (AD-11), a ship of the United States Navy
- Lockheed Altair, an aircraft
- Altair, a schooner designed by William Fife
- Beriev Be-200 Altair, an amphibious multirole aircraft
- Piper PiperJet Altaire, a single-engined very light jet (VLJ) by Piper Aircraft
[edit] Other meanings
- Altair Jarabo, Mexican actress
- Operation ALTAIR, a Canadian military operation
- Altair, a planet central to the New Age spiritual beliefs of Francis Younghusband
- "Altair 4", a song by Blind Guardian on the album Tales from the Twilight World
- Marine Scientific Research Institute of radioelectronics
- AltAir, a jet biofuels company in Seattle, Washington
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