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Wait a second. They predicted (before it even entered atmosphere) where it was coming down with such a precision that you could not just go out and photograph it, but even go and collect remains? I thought this was barely possible if you have a radar that is actively tracking it through the last stages of the atmosphere, while for anything still in orbit you'd be lucky to guess the correct country.

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The things in earth orbit have a very small angle of entry. I'd expect that if the angle is bigger, the deflection from the atmosphere would be smaller (if it survives the hit).

I still have never seen any prediction like that which was made before the thing actually entered the atmosphere. You can see how some known remains sites were determined by clicking on them in this map: https://www.strewnify.com/map/

They predicted the angle and where you could view it from. Finding the fragments much more difficult because it scattered into tiny pieces all over. The students searched for like 2 weeks to find a some pieces the size of a thumb.

Is there a source for this or a link to the event? Must have been noteworthy if this level of prediction was possible beforehand.

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