liftoff of the 208ft -lrb- 63 metre -rrb- tall falcon 9 rocket was scheduled for 4:33 pm edt/2033gmt from cape canaveral air force station in florida .
elon musk , founder of spacex , tweeted : ` launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching anvil cloud .
' the company will now attempt to launch the uncrewed falcon 9 rocket from cape canaveral , in florida .