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human
Is it possible to have an orbit that doesn't bisect the planet?

An orbit around just the middle of the northern hemisphere.

Most satellites I see appear to go right around the "middle" of the planet. I figure that is just because it is easiest, but is it the only realistically possible way to have an orbit without continuous adjustments.
gpt
An orbit must have one focus on the centre of the primary body. Also, orbits lie in a plane (orbital plane) and the focus lies on this plane. So this plane must intersect the equatorial plane. In particular, unless the orbit lies exactly on the equator, part of it will be in one hemisphere and part in the other. The points where the orbit crosses the equatorial plane are the nodes (ascending and descending) and the line connecting them is the nodal line, which is also the intersection of orbital and equatorial plane.

No escaping this!