The CS website conveys a simple mission statement, to prove that access to space does not have to come in the form of an exorbitantly expensive government-subsidized project. CS is proving that a driven group of individuals can achieve what would at first glance appear to be the unachievable, and strike a blow for the democratization of space.

Operating out of a workshop situated in a closed shipyard, the crowdfunded outfit is staffed exclusively by volunteers, most of whome devote their time to the amateur space program after their regular 9 – 5 jobs. CS has already launched a number of unmanned rockets of increasing technological complexity from a mobile platform in the Baltic Sea.

Land-based launch sites were quickly ruled out, as the closest established spaceports were considered too remote to be of use, and military installations like shooting ranges were simply too small to cater to the organization's ambitious goals. The only viable option remaining to the group was to launch the rockets at sea. CS constructed a launch complex in the form of a 12-ton (10.9-tonne) steel catamaran, designated Sputnik, which would serve as both transportation and launch pad for CS's rockets.