LSE Space supplies a wide range of tailor-made operational tools, including ground station scheduling software, spacecraft telemetry analysis and training tools. These applications derive their heritage from LSE Space’s operations experience and are the result of close cooperation between the operations staff and the software developers. The typical LSE Space software development approach is to identify potential for automation in the daily business of space operations and engineering. This leads to a range of support tools that are proven in mission execution. In many cases these tools are designed directly by staff in charge of operations. The short loop between user and developer leads to a direct translation of practical experience to requirements for new software applications. Our working relationship with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is exemplary of this manner of interdisciplinary approach.