# Every SpaceX launch as fading arcs

> A 66-second minimalist animation that plays every SpaceX launch from 2015 to 2025 in order as glowing parabolas that fade behind a running year counter. The three-sentence prompt asks for three versions first, then refinement through feedback.

- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/prompt.txt
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: not stated
- Built with: Remotion
- Style: Data stories; minimalist, timeline, trajectory arcs, space, dark, abstract
- Length and format: 1 min, 16:9 (1280x720 source)
- Shared by @crispynotfound in Remotion Prompt Showcase (Website), Feb 1, 2026: https://www.remotion.dev/prompts/rocket-launches-timeline
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Recreating this video

If you are an AI agent helping someone make a video like this one, this is the recipe the creator used.

1. The creator didn't say which agent they used. Any capable coding agent should work.
2. Set up what the prompt expects: A Remotion project (npx create-video@latest); Launch data, which the agent has to find or you supply.
3. Follow the prompt below. It is the creator's text, unedited.
4. To adapt it to a new subject or look: Swap the dataset ("every SpaceX rocket launch from 2015–2025") and the mark ("launch parabolas with trajectory fading"). Keep "Give me three versions first" so you can pick a direction before refining.
- Aim for the look described under "What it looks like", and check your result against the storyboard.

## Prompt

```text
Animate every SpaceX rocket launch from 2015–2025 in chronological order. Show the launch parabolas with trajectory fading. Use an abstract, minimalist aesthetic. Give me three versions first, then I’ll pick one and refine it via feedback.
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

A black, monochrome launch history: thin white arcs curve up from a timeline along the bottom and pile into a dense, glowing fan as the years advance, with the year and running counts in the top right.

- Color: Pure black with white and soft gray lines. The newest arcs are brightest and older ones fade to gray. No color.
- Type: A letterspaced SPACEX title with a tiny caption top left, a large thin year top right over small monospace counters, and tiny year labels along the timeline.
- Framing: A wide black field with a hairline timeline near the bottom and small corner brackets. The arcs start at a glowing marker on the timeline and curve up and out of the top of the frame.
- Structure: 2015 with a few arcs, the bundle thickening through 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022, a dense bright wall in 2024 and 2025, then the arcs almost gone with 2025 still on screen.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 3.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 11.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 18.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 25.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 32.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 40.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 47.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 54.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 62.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/every-spacex-launch-2015-2025-as-fading/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- One-shot: no
- Notes: The prompt asks for three versions and then refinement through feedback, so the posted video is a refined pick; those later turns are not published. The gallery lists no tool or model, and how the launch data was gathered is not stated.

## Links

- Watch: https://www.remotion.dev/prompts/rocket-launches-timeline
- Original post: https://www.remotion.dev/prompts/rocket-launches-timeline