Russia renamed its ambitious satellite program after Putin misspoke its name
arstechnica.com‘The tale said that President Johnson was supposed to name the Blackbird the “RS-71” and that he confused the letters, reversed them, and said “SR-71”’
Turns out in this case the stenographer was muddled
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/sr-71-or-rs-71-how-the-legen...
why are russians always picking some latin name for their projects?
Sphere and ether are greek words.