Sneaking onto a planet at TL 10

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Diomedes

One of my biggest questions is, in a setting where surface-to-orbit transport is dirt-cheap, is there any justification for a planet to not have a comprehensive satellite network?

No. How about you tell us about the space traffic around this world? That might show a way of getting a ship through, although such ways may well have been discovered by the authorities and blocked in some manner.