Russia renamed its ambitious satellite program after Putin misspoke its name (arstechnica.com)

why are russians always picking some latin name for their projects?

‘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...