So im not entirely sure on the game mechanics, but either having a planet rotate, you could establish a geosynchronous orbit, a low orbit station, or if planets do not rotate we could use this almost as a seed ship kinda idea (ship flys in, scans the planet records the data transmits it back to supply ships via subspace and plants a stargate moves on to next planet) kinda like from stargate universe, it would take loads of scripting but it would be amazing.
http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Seed_ship
Also we should start a Destiny initiative.
#DestinyInitiative
http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Destiny