There's nothing unusual about an equitorial orbit, nor a low-earth orbit. And there's no way to enter one without a plane change unless you're launching from t

There's nothing unusual about an equitorial orbit, nor a low-earth orbit. And there's no way to enter one without a plane change unless you're launching from the equator already, so that's not unusual either. All geostationary satellites are in (far higher) equitorial orbits, for example.