AS26020 — STSCI-NET

AS26020 announces 3 IPv4 prefixes covering 33,280 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

STSCI-NET is operated by Space Telescope Science Institute.

What it's used for

• The address space carries internal network infrastructure for the Space Telescope Science Institute, with netnames STSCI-NET, STSCI-C-NET, and STVIZ-ORG all registered to the same entity.
• The AS announces 33280 IPv4 addresses across 9 prefixes while maintaining only 3 observed neighbours, indicating a self-contained research network rather than a transit or access provider.

Notable

• All registrants in the RDAP data agree with the announcer, consistently listing Space Telescope Science Institute as the holder for every prefix.
• The address inventory is finely subdivided into multiple blocks within the 130.167.0.0/16 range, reflecting site-by-site segmentation typical of a large corporate or institutional estate.
• The institute serves as the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, managed by AURA for NASA.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy.

Announced prefixes

• 130.167.128.0/17
• 192.31.210.0/24
• 192.83.252.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS33657 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
• AS10886 University of Maryland

Adjacent networks

• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS33657 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
• AS10886 University of Maryland