satellite direction Question

[meemoe_uk]

Do man-made solar satellites all have roughly the same orientation of orbit around the sun?

[enigma]

I don't know of many, and no...

SOHO is in a halo orbit about the Sun Earth Lagrange 1 point. I seem to recall one satellite which was sent up over the Sun to look at the north pole with an inclination near 90 degrees.

[Nereid]

enigma is perhaps referring to Ulysses (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=11).

In general, satellites launched into orbits other than round the Earth (or to land on, or go into orbit around, a specific planet; or leave the solar system altogether), have their orbits designed to match the scientific objectives for which they were created.