Various effects connected with orientation and surface corrugation in molecule scattering from solid surfaces are investigated by means of classical trajectories simulations for H 2 impinging on Pd(110). Primary excitation of the projectiles is modeled according to the situation in molecular beam experiments, where vibrational levels are occupied up to υ = 10 and more. Elastic interactions are mediated by an extended EAM potential, while inelastic effects are ignored. A correlation is found between the molecular orientation at the time of impact and the relative position of collisionally dissociated fragments. For grazing incidence along surface semichannels, rotational excitation is found with angular momentum vector parallel to the direction of flight (propeller mode). The survival probability shows no scaling with E for varying energies and angles of incidence.