Autonomous system detail

AS85

Announced

Operated by AERO-NET - The Aerospace Corporation.

Summary

// analyst note
A clean FFRDC research network; benign institutional allocation, actively but modestly routed, with Los Nettos (AS226) as a notable upstream. ARIN RDAP RegDate 1986-10-10 (one mirror's 'Oct 9' is a 1-day discrepancy; RDAP authoritative).
// security note
NEUTRAL/DATED: no notable public abuse signal found as of 2026-06-08; clean FFRDC network.
IPv4 prefixes
15
~76.3K addresses
IPv6 prefixes
1
announced
Peer networks
2
2 up · 0 down
IANA block
1-1876
Assigned by ARIN
[ 01 ] — Context

About this ASN.

Updated  ·  Confidence: High

AS85 is a legacy allocation registered under ARIN to The Aerospace Corporation (OrgId THEAER, El Segundo, CA), carrying the handle "AERO-NET." The Aerospace Corporation is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) that operates a national-security space program research center supporting the U.S. Space Force and Air Force; AS85 is its institutional network. The ARIN RDAP RegDate is 1986-10-10 (record updated 2023-08-18; one mirror shows "9 Oct 1986," a minor one-day discrepancy, with the RDAP date authoritative). It is actively but modestly routed: as of June 2026 bgp.tools reports 15 IPv4 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix (~261 /24s of IPv4 and 16 /48s of IPv6), with two upstreams — the regional R&E network Los Nettos (AS226) and Lumen (AS3356) — and two peers. For triage this is a clean FFRDC research network, a benign institutional allocation. No notable public abuse signal was found as of June 2026.

Operator
The Aerospace Corporation (ARIN OrgId THEAER, El Segundo, CA) [Confirmed] — ARIN RDAP
Country / RIR
US, ARIN [Confirmed]
Allocated
ARIN RDAP RegDate 1986-10-10 (record updated 2023-08-18; one mirror "9 Oct 1986" — RDAP authoritative) [Confirmed]
Org status
active

Security/abuse context (NEUTRAL, DATED)

no notable public abuse signal found as of 2026-06-08; clean FFRDC network — bgp.tools

Network & routing

Network type
FFRDC (federally funded research and development center) [Confirmed]
Size
15 IPv4 + 1 IPv6 prefix (~261 /24s IPv4, 16 /48s IPv6) — bgp.tools (2026-06)
Routing/peering
actively but modestly routed; 2 upstreams (Los Nettos AS226, Lumen AS3356), 2 peers; RPKI unknown — bgp.tools
Notable usage
[Likely/historical] "AERO-NET" long associated with The Aerospace Corporation. [Confirmed] FFRDC operating a national-security space research center supporting the U.S. Space Force/Air Force — aerospace.org
Related ASNs
AS226 (Los Nettos — notable upstream / regional R&E network) [Confirmed]
Analyst note
A clean FFRDC research network; benign institutional allocation, actively but modestly routed, with Los Nettos (AS226) as a notable upstream.
[ 02 ] — Announced prefixes

What this network routes.

16 prefixes total · RIPEstat data · cached, not real-time
// IPv4 prefixes15
  1. 130.221.0.0/16/16
  2. 130.221.184.0/21/21
  3. 130.221.144.0/21/21
  4. 130.221.176.0/21/21
  5. 130.221.168.0/21/21
  6. 206.117.51.0/24/24
  7. 130.221.225.0/24/24
  8. 206.117.54.0/24/24
  9. 130.221.226.0/24/24
  10. 130.221.175.0/24/24
  11. 206.117.50.0/24/24
  12. 130.221.174.0/24/24
  13. 204.140.240.0/24/24
  14. 130.221.164.0/24/24
  15. 206.117.49.0/24/24
// IPv6 prefixes1
  1. 2001:1878:800::/44/44
[ 03 ] — Notable peers & upstreams

Who it talks to.

2 observed neighbours
// Notable connectionsTop 2 of 2
ASNOperatorRole
AS226 LOS-NETTOS-AS - Los Nettos upstream
AS3356 LEVEL3 - Level 3 Parent, LLC upstream
Neighbours observed via public BGP collectors; not a complete peering list.