For example to collect Runaway Mold (the case on this moon), rare plants or to mine resource deposits. Anything.

I’m still fairly new to the game and I’ve only built 2 outposts so far (and no real base). I place some small building for safety and a teleporter with access to electricity, and a landing pad. If there are hostile animals, I build above the ground.

How do you do it? Any tips?

Following the advice and having watched Beeblebum’s video on building low orbit bases, I have managed to successfully start a build of such a base.

The limited time I had today, was mostly spent on building the tower from walls (using the wall / stairs method). The steps from the guide worked like a charm, and I managed to get a tiny base orbiting a dead planet (wanted a planet with no atmosphere).

Now I need to figure out what I want to build and plan it. For now my micro orbital looks like this (see attached screenshot).