This is the current working timeline.
New and very different launch targets for the Psyche mission announced in May 2020 led to a scramble to redesign the ESCAPADE mission, stretching design margins to breaking point. Result: failed PDR :-(.
ESCAPADE passes its KDP-C on August 17, 2021, with a new target launch readiness date of May 2024. NASA press release Berkeley News article. Daily Californian article Rob Lillis Interview with Matt Kaplan on Planetary Radio. Supercluster article.
NASA Planetary Director Lori Glaze calls Rob: ESCAPADE has been selected for Phase A/B study! Selection Day Videos on Twitter NASA Press Release KRON4 Bay Area News
New Zealand COVID delays impacted qualification schedule of original system; inadequate time remained to resolve issues found. Replaced with off-the-shelf solution from Arianne Space. New design brought up to CDR maturity, peer reviewed