Launch Videos

Hop Aero is building rockets that deliver cargo anywhere on Earth in minutes, including contested environments.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

1.2M views

More views than 73% of the library · #158 of 598

Runtime
0:53
Posted
Jul 28, 2026
Pace
150 wpm
Hop Aero on X

Introducing Rook by @Hop_Aero (YC S26): an autonomous hypersonic cargo rocket that…

0:53 · Jul 28, 2026

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Launch anatomy

When each beat happens. Beats that weren’t found are left out; the full transcript isn’t published.

Launch anatomy for Hop AeroRuntime 0:53. First five seconds: Other spoken line. Company named at 0s. Demo starts at 7s.0–5s hook · Other spoken lineCompany named at 0s0s Company namedDemo starts at 7s7s Demo starts0:000:130:260:400:53
  • First five secondsOther spoken line
  • Company named0s
  • Demo starts7s

Not detected: product named, call to action

Narration pace

150 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 150 words per minute; library median 142.SparseConversationalBriskDenselibrary median 142

Launches at this pace have a median of 327k views (n=215). Pace covers the whole runtime, pauses included.

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PaceMedian viewsVideos (n)
Sparse (0–80)571,51184
Conversational (80–140)346,258185
Brisk (140–180)326,715215
Dense (180–+)670,38071

How it compares

  • 2.2× the median demo first launch (558k, n=140)
  • 1.7× the median hardware/robotics launch (736k, n=33)
  • 3.0× the library median (407k, n=598)
Where this launch landsEach dot is one launch. The ringed dot is this one.
  1. All launchesn=598 · median 407k
  2. Demo firstn=140 · median 558k
  3. hardware/roboticsn=33 · median 736k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

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GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Demo first140557,771197,9071,810,652138,357,050
hardware/robotics33735,612203,1692,211,64344,763,150

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Hook style, category, “why it worked” and the takeaway are AI-assisted labels, not hand-reviewed. Beat timings miss some moments: “not detected” does not mean it never happened.

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Videos belong to the companies that posted them and play through X’s official embed, which loads only after you click. Hook labels and “why it worked” notes are AI-assisted analysis and can be wrong. Curated from public launch posts on X. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Corrections and removal