Expanding on smuggling and mooring fixtures, I imagine the single, dangly fixture we get ingame is just yet another limitation of the game. It (to me) rather represents a network of platforms in low orbit that ships too large to perform re-entry and planetary landings moor at. So, it is likely that an enterprising smuggler in a transport could make berth at one of these and, with some bribes for the local authorities, get his illicit goods to the surface from there.
