The government's Technology Strategy Board (TSB), which is driving theCatapult concept, is already developing what is expected to be a series of spacecraft that will act as the demonstration platforms.
Although its name suggests there might be considerable overlap with theCatapult centre, the former's remit is much more geared to exploiting "today's technology" to the maximum, while the latter will try to pull "tomorrow's technology" more to the near-term.